peer

Compared meaning: a person of equal ability or status (noun).

比较义项：能力或地位相当的人（名词）。

• peer 本词

  Peer usually appears in the plural and refers to people in the same social, age or professional group, common in phrases like 'peer pressure' or 'among peers'.

  peer 通常用复数形式，指同一社会、年龄或职业群体中的人，常见于“peer pressure（同伴压力）”“among peers（在同伴中）”这类说法。

  Teenagers often care more about impressing their peers than pleasing their parents.

  青少年常常更在意给同龄人留下好印象，而不是让父母满意。

• equal

  Equal is more formal and usually singular, stressing that someone matches another person's skill or status, as in fixed phrases like 'no equal' or 'an equal'.

  equal 更正式，通常用单数，强调某人在能力或地位上与另一人相当，常用于“no equal（无人能及）”“an equal（对等的人）”这类固定搭配中。

  In the debate club, she was regarded as his intellectual equal.

  在辩论社里，她被认为在才智上与他不相上下。

Peer and equal mean a person of similar ability or status, but usage differs. Peer is usually plural, for people in the same group, as in 'peer pressure'. Equal is more formal, usually singular, stressing that someone matches another person's skill, as in 'no equal'.

这两个词都能指“能力、地位相当的人”，但用法和语气不同：peer 常用复数，指同一群体（同龄人、同事、同学等）中地位相当的人，常见于“同伴压力”“同行评审”这类说法；equal 更正式，多用单数，强调在某方面与某人“旗鼓相当”，常见于“无人能及”“视…为平等的人”这类固定搭配。