parallel /ˈpærəˌlɛl/ star2 CET4 TEM4 (paralleling,paralleled,parallels)

• 1.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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. (存在或发生在不同地点或不同时间的) 类似的事情

  例：

  Readers familiar with military conflict will find a vague parallel to the Vietnam War.

  熟悉军事冲突的读者们会发现一个和越南战争大致相似的事件。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） If there are parallels between two things, they are similar in some ways. 相似之处

  例：

  Detailed study of folk music from a variety of countries reveals many close parallels.

  对不同国家的民乐的详细研究表明它们有很多相似之处。

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  V-T（及物动词） If one thing parallels another, they happen at the same time or are similar, and often seem to be connected. 与…同时发生

  例：

  Often there are emotional reasons paralleling the financial ones.

  经济原因的常常伴有情感原因。

• 4.  

  ADJ（形容词） Parallel events or situations happen at the same time as one another, or are similar to one another. 同时发生的; 相似的

  例：

  ...parallel talks between the two countries' foreign ministers.

  …两国外长之间相似的谈话。

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  ADJ（形容词） If two lines, two objects, or two lines of movement are parallel, they are the same distance apart along their whole length. 平行的

  例：

  ...seventy-two ships, drawn up in two parallel lines.

  …72艘船，停靠成两条平行线。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） A parallel is an imaginary line round the earth that is parallel to the equator. Parallels are shown on maps. 纬线 [usu 'the' ord N]

  例：

  ...the area south of the 38th parallel.

  …38度纬线以南的地区。