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unparalleled adj.无比的；无双的；空前的 (1) 这是她发展自己的事业的绝好机会。(2) 最近的经济不景气是自三十年代以来最严重的一次。 Remember parallel lines from your old geometry classes — lines running alongside each other always at the same distance that never meet and are essentially identical? Well, that's the idea unparalleled comes from — except the opposite (thus the "un"). Sporting achievements are particularly prone to being described as unparalleled, since athletes are always out to break records.

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英 [ʌn'pærəleld] 美 [ʌn'pærəleld] (1) It was an unparalleled opportunity to develop her career.(2) The recent economic recession is unparalleled since the 1930s. If something's unparalleled, there's never been anything like it — such as a brilliant musical performance or a record-breaking time for an athlete. 1[ADJ 形容词]无比的；空前的；无双的；绝无仅有的 If you describe something as unparalleled, you are emphasizing that it is, for example, bigger, better, or worse than anything else of its kind, or anything that has happened before.   [oft ADJ since/in n]  [emphasis]Germany's unparalleled prosperity is based on wise investments...德国空前的繁荣是建立在明智的投资基础之上的。The country is facing a crisis unparalleled since the Second World War.该国正面临着一场二战以来前所未有的危机。

英语单词	unparalleled
英美音标	英 [ʌn'pærəleld] 美 [ʌn'pærəleld]
中文释义	adj.无比的；无双的；空前的
英语例句	(1) It was an unparalleled opportunity to develop her career. (2) The recent economic recession is unparalleled since the 1930s.
中文例句	(1) 这是她发展自己的事业的绝好机会。 (2) 最近的经济不景气是自三十年代以来最严重的一次。
vocabulary简明	If something's unparalleled, there's never been anything like it — such as a brilliant musical performance or a record-breaking time for an athlete.
vocabulary扩展	Remember parallel lines from your old geometry classes — lines running alongside each other always at the same distance that never meet and are essentially identical? Well, that's the idea unparalleled comes from — except the opposite (thus the "un"). Sporting achievements are particularly prone to being described as unparalleled, since athletes are always out to break records.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]无比的；空前的；无双的；绝无仅有的 If you describe something as unparalleled, you are emphasizing that it is, for example, bigger, better, or worse than anything else of its kind, or anything that has happened before. [oft ADJ since/in n] [emphasis] Germany's unparalleled prosperity is based on wise investments... 德国空前的繁荣是建立在明智的投资基础之上的。 The country is facing a crisis unparalleled since the Second World War. 该国正面临着一场二战以来前所未有的危机。

Unparalleled Lines 英 ʌn'pærəleld] 美 ʌn'pærəleld Adj.无比的；无双的；空前的 Opportunity Develop