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单词 parallel
音标
英[ˈpærəlel] 美[ˈpærəˌlɛl]
解释
adj.平行的;相同的,类似的;[电]并联的;[计]并行的;adv.平行地,并列地;n.平行线(面);相似物;类比;纬线;vt.使平行;与…媲美;与…相比;与…相似;
例句

N-COUNT
(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.
例: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。
例: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。

N-COUNT
(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.
例: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。
例:There are significant parallels with the 1980s...与20世纪80年代有明显相似之处。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例: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。

ADJ
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.
例:...parallel talks between the two countries' Foreign Ministers...两国外交部长同时进行的会谈
例:Their instincts do not always run parallel with ours...他们的本能并不总是和我们的相同。

ADJ
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.
例:...seventy-two ships, drawn up in two parallel lines...平行排成两队的72艘船
例: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。

N-COUNT
(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.
例:...the area south of the 38th parallel.38度纬线以南地区

PHRASE
与…同时
Something that occurs in parallel with something else occurs at the same time as it.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
third:parallels~done:parallelled~pl:parallels~ing:parallelling~past:parallelled~

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