in AM, use 美国英语用 paralleling, paralleled
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[N-COUNT	可数名词](存在或发生在不同地点或时间的)相似之物,类似物 If something has a 
parallel, it is similar to something else, but exists or happens in a different place or at a different time. If it has 
no parallel or is 
without parallel, it is not similar to anything else. 
- Readers familiar with English history will find a vague parallel to the suppression of the monasteries... - 熟悉英国历史的读者会发现这与镇压修道院略有相似之处。 
- It's an ecological disaster with no parallel anywhere else in the world. - 这是一场在世界其他地方都没有出现过的生态灾难。 
- ...an achievement without parallel in the modern era. - 现代无可比拟的成就 
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[N-COUNT	可数名词](两者间的)近似之处,相似之处 If there are 
parallels between two things, they are similar in some ways. 
  [oft N between/to/with n]
- Detailed study of folk music from a variety of countries reveals many close parallels... - 仔细研究各国民间音乐后发现了许多非常相似之处。 
- There are significant parallels with the 1980s... - 与20世纪80年代有明显相似之处。 
- Friends of the dead lawyer were quick to draw a parallel between the two murders. - 遇害律师的朋友们很快发现了两起谋杀案之间的相似之处。 
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[VERB	动词]与…同时发生;与…相似 If one thing 
parallels another, they happen at the same time or are similar, and often seem to be connected. 
- Often there are emotional reasons paralleling the financial ones... - 往往情感方面的原因和经济方面原因同时存在。 
- The change in smoking is paralleled by a change in the incidence of lung cancer... - 吸烟情况的变化与肺癌发病率的变化如影随形。 
- His remarks paralleled those of the president. - 他的言论和总统的如出一辙。 
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[ADJ	形容词]同时发生的;相类似的 Parallel events or situations happen at the same time as one another, or are similar to one another. 
- ...parallel talks between the two countries' Foreign Ministers... - 两国外交部长同时进行的会谈 
- Their instincts do not always run parallel with ours... - 他们的本能并不总是和我们的相同。 
- This is a real world, running parallel to our own. - 这是个真实的世界,与我们的世界并存。 
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[ADJ	形容词]平行的;并列的 If two lines, two objects, or two lines of movement are 
parallel, they are the same distance apart along their whole length. 
- ...seventy-two ships, drawn up in two parallel lines... - 平行排成两队的72艘船 
- Farthing Lane's just above the High Street and parallel with it... - 法辛巷刚好在大街的北面,与大街平行。 
- This trail was roughly parallel to the border. - 这条小路与边境线大致平行。 
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[N-COUNT	可数名词](标于地图上的)纬线,纬圈 A 
parallel is an imaginary line round the earth that is parallel to the equator. Parallels are shown on maps. 
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[PHRASE	短语]与…同时 Something that occurs 
in parallel with something else occurs at the same time as it. 
- Davies has managed to pursue his diverse interests in parallel with his fast-moving career... - 戴维斯在事业突飞猛进的同时并未放弃自己广泛的兴趣爱好。 
- Progress on this issue must be made in parallel to any moves on the economic front. - 这个问题上的进展应该和经济领域的进展同步。