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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.
巴达维把它视作包袱，而对马哈蒂尔来说，将其出售无异于掠走他的遗产。
But awaking to the two worlds brought face to face is tantamount to getting on the trail of their secret relationships.
然而，觉悟到这两个世界对峙的存在就相当于走上了揭开他们秘密关系的道路。
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.
公司认为这相当于把整个店铺都给别人了，但是委员会认为给与开源竞争对手更多针对微软产品的竞争优势能够促进竞争。

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.
我们就不知道它从属于哪个符号系统，我们就不能认识它了。
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To question or disobey the law is tantamount to destroying the authority of the law.
质疑或违抗法律,等同于摧毁法律的权威。
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Oscar likes to spread the bounty, and three gongs might be considered tantamount to canonisation.
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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.