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concurrent adj.同时发生的 (1) 你不能同时参加两项活动！(2) 那个屠杀群众的凶手被同时判处并执行三个无期徒刑。(3) 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。 You might notice another adjective, current, in concurrent. While current refers to something that is happening right now, concurrent describes two or more things happening at the same time. A prisoner who is serving two concurrent five-year sentences will serve those prison terms together, meaning that he'll probably get out of jail in five years rather than ten. To help you remember the meaning of concurrent, imagine two parallel kayaks being carried down a river by the current at the same time.

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英 [kən'kʌrənt] 美 [kən'kərənt] (1) You can't attend two concurrent events!(2) The mass murderer was given three concurrent life sentences.(3) He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. Concurrent means happening at the same time, as in two movies showing at the same theater on the same weekend. 1[ADJ 形容词]同时发生的 Concurrent events or situations happen at the same time.   [usu ADJ n]Galerie St. Etienne is holding three concurrent exhibitions...圣艾蒂安美术馆同时举办3场展览。He will actually be serving three concurrent five-year sentences...实际上，他将服3个5年徒刑，合并执行。Concurrent with her acting career, Bron has managed to write two books of her own.在其演艺生涯中，布龙还设法写了两本自己的书。concurrentlyHe was jailed for 33 months to run concurrently with a sentence he is already serving for burglary.他被判33个月的监禁，与他因入室盗窃已在服的刑期合并执行。

英语单词	concurrent
英美音标	英 [kən'kʌrənt] 美 [kən'kərənt]
中文释义	adj.同时发生的
英语例句	(1) You can't attend two concurrent events! (2) The mass murderer was given three concurrent life sentences. (3) He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months.
中文例句	(1) 你不能同时参加两项活动！ (2) 那个屠杀群众的凶手被同时判处并执行三个无期徒刑。 (3) 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
vocabulary简明	Concurrent means happening at the same time, as in two movies showing at the same theater on the same weekend.
vocabulary扩展	You might notice another adjective, current, in concurrent. While current refers to something that is happening right now, concurrent describes two or more things happening at the same time. A prisoner who is serving two concurrent five-year sentences will serve those prison terms together, meaning that he'll probably get out of jail in five years rather than ten. To help you remember the meaning of concurrent, imagine two parallel kayaks being carried down a river by the current at the same time.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]同时发生的 Concurrent events or situations happen at the same time. [usu ADJ n] Galerie St. Etienne is holding three concurrent exhibitions... 圣艾蒂安美术馆同时举办3场展览。 He will actually be serving three concurrent five-year sentences... 实际上，他将服3个5年徒刑，合并执行。 Concurrent with her acting career, Bron has managed to write two books of her own. 在其演艺生涯中，布龙还设法写了两本自己的书。 concurrently He was jailed for 33 months to run concurrently with a sentence he is already serving for burglary. 他被判33个月的监禁，与他因入室盗窃已在服的刑期合并执行。

Concurrent Happening Current Time Serving Terms Months Five Year