parallel是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 If two or more lines, streets, etc. are parallel, the distance between them is the same all along their length. -- 平行的

  • Draw a pair of parallel lines. 畫兩條平行線。

  • Hills Road is parallel to Mill Road. 希爾斯路和米爾路平行。

• 1 used to describe an event or situation that happens at the same time as and/or is similar to another one -- 同時發生的；相同的，類似的

  • a parallel example 類似的例子

  • Parallel experiments are being conducted in Rome, Paris and London. 類似的實驗正在羅馬、巴黎和倫敦同時進行。

• 2 sending through several bits (= units) of information at a time using a link with several channels (= wires or connections) -- 并列的，平行的

  • parallel communication 並列通信

• 3 something very similar to something else, or a similarity between two things -- 可相比擬的事物；相似之處

  • I'm trying to see if there are any obvious parallels between the two cases. 我正試圖探查這兩個案件中有沒有明顯的相似之處。

  • It would be easy to draw (= make) a parallel between the city's history and that of its theatres. 將該城的歷史與其劇院的歷史作個比較，很容易就會發現兩者的相似之處。

  • These beautiful African churches have no parallel in Europe. 歐洲沒有哪座教堂能與這些漂亮的非洲教堂相比。

• 4 a line that is always at the same distance from another line -- 平行線

  • Cambridge lies near the 52nd parallel. 劍橋位於52度緯線附近。

• 5 to happen at the same time as something else, or be similar or equal to something else -- 與…同時發生；與…相似；與…相當，比得上

  • The events of the last ten days in some ways parallel those before the 1978 election. 過去十天裡發生的事件和1978年大選前發生的那些事件，在某些方面頗為相似。

• 6 in a position that is always the same distance from something else -- 平行地

  • It's a quiet street running (= positioned) parallel to the main road. 這是一條和大路平行的寧靜小路。