单选题
In fact the purchasing power of a single person's pension in Hong Kong was only 70 per cent of the value of the ______ Singapore pension. A.equivalent B.similar C.consistent D.identical
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 句子意思是“实际上,香港个人养老金的购买能力只相当于新加坡人的70%”。equivalent的意思是having the same value,purpose,job,etc.as a person or thing of a different kind,即“相等的,等价的”。如:a qualification which is equivalent to a degree(等于学历的一种资格);I had 阶段 no dollars,but offered him an equivalent amount of sterling.(我当时没美元,但给了他同价的英镑。)similar意为“相近的,类似的”,从数学角度说,不如equivalent精确;consistent意为“一致的,不变的”,如:She's one of the team's most consistent players.(她是队里最常打比赛的队员之一。)identical意为“一模一样的”,常常指性状、外观的等同,如:four identical houses(四座同样的房子)。