parallel

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英[ˈpærəlel]

美[ˈpærəlel]

基本释义

adj.: 平行的; 相同的，类似的; [电]并联的; [计]并行的

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

词性变化

复数:parallels;
第三人称单数:parallels;
过去式:parallelled;
过去分词:parallelled;
现在分词:parallelling;

实用例句

parallel lines

平行线

牛津词典

The road and the canal are parallel to each other.

道路与运河平行。

牛津词典

a parallel case

真题例句

It is one that has seen no parallel in economic history.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

If he keeps the palm of the hand parallel to the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is reserved for the description of animals.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

The damage to American craftsmanship seems to parallel the steep slide in manufacturing employment.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Instead, the new habits we deliberately ingrain into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

A parallel situation exists in respect of predatory mammals and fish-eating birds.

出自-2010年考研翻译原文

Arizona had attempted to fashion state policies that ran parallel to the existing federal ones.

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.

2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.

2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun

1. something having the property of being analogous to something else
2. an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

Verb

1. be parallel to;
"Their roles are paralleled by ours"
2. make or place parallel to something;
"They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
3. duplicate or match;
"The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

Adjective

1. being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting;
"parallel lines never converge"
"concentric circles are parallel"
"dancers in two parallel rows"
2. of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations;
"parallel processing"