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Mr Badawi sees the firm as a liability, but to Dr Mahathir any sale would be tantamount to dismantling his legacy.
巴達(dá)維把它視作包袱，而對馬哈蒂爾來說，將其出售無異于掠走他的遺產(chǎn)。
But awaking to the two worlds brought face to face is tantamount to getting on the trail of their secret relationships.
然而，覺悟到這兩個(gè)世界對峙的存在就相當(dāng)于走上了揭開他們秘密關(guān)系的道路。
The firm argues that this would be tantamount to giving away the shop, but the commission thinks it would promote competition by advancing open-source rivals to Microsoft's products.
公司認(rèn)為這相當(dāng)于把整個(gè)店鋪都給別人了，但是委員會認(rèn)為給與開源競爭對手更多針對微軟產(chǎn)品的競爭優(yōu)勢能夠促進(jìn)競爭。

Israel says it will not open an investigation because that would be tantamount to acknowledging guilt and accepting the legitimacy of the Goldstone Commission.
if we can't think what system it belongs to, that's tantamount to saying we really don't know what it is.
我們就不知道它從屬于哪個(gè)符號系統(tǒng)，我們就不能認(rèn)識它了。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
To question or disobey the law is tantamount to destroying the authority of the law.
質(zhì)疑或違抗法律,等同于摧毀法律的權(quán)威。
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Oscar likes to spread the bounty, and three gongs might be considered tantamount to canonisation.
ECONOMIST: Spotting the winners

being almost the same or having the same effect as something, usually something bad

If you say that one thing is tantamount to another, more serious thing, you are emphasizing how bad, unacceptable, or unfortunate the first thing is by comparing it to the second thing.