Later, the word " melon eaters" is almost equivalent to the word " masses" .

后来，“吃瓜群众” 一词几乎等同于“群众” 一词。

How far away are we from having almost the equivalent of a cure or something that can respond rapidly to an outbreak?

我们多久之后才能在新的埃博拉爆发之后进行快速治疗或者做出快速响应呢？

This was the result of five or six years in England; a result so British as to be almost the equivalent of an Oxford degree.

这是在英国呆了五六年的结果；这一结果如此英国化，几乎等同于牛津大学的学位。