To equalize a situation means to give everyone the same rights or opportunities, for example in education, wealth, or social status.
例句
Women in Indonesia have secured modern divorce laws that equalize the rights of husbands and wives...印度尼西亚妇女已经获得了现代离婚法的保护，享有和丈夫同等的权利。Such measures are needed to equalize wage rates between countries.需要采取这样的措施实现各国工资率的均等。
VERB
（体育运动中）追平比分；打成平局
In sports such as football, if a player equalizes, he or she scores a goal that makes the scores of the two teams equal.
例句
Keegan equalized with only 16 minutes remaining...基根在仅剩下16分钟时追平了比分。They showed little sign of equalising the Portsmouth striker's glorious 55th-minute shot.丝毫没有迹象表明他们会追平朴次茅斯队前锋在第55分钟时的精彩进球。