a.
1. 平行的,同方向的[(+to/with)]
These two lines are parallel.
这两条线平行。
2. 相同的;类似的[(+to)]
She and her friends have parallel likes and dislikes.
她和她的朋友喜恶相同。
3. 【电】并联的
n.
1. 平行线;平行面[C][(+to/with)]
The parallels seem to come together in the distance.
平行线在远处看上去似交合在一起。
2. 类似的人(或事物),可相比拟的人(或事物)[C][(+to/with)]
You do not have to go far to find a living parallel for these prehistoric organisms.
你不必走远就可以找到与这些史前有机体相类似的生物。
3. 相似处[C][(+between/with)]
There are curious parallels between medicine and law.
在医学和法律之间有着奇特的相似之处。
4. 比较[C][(+between)]
The historian draws a parallel between Washington and Lincoln.
这位历史学家将华盛顿和林肯作了比较。
5. 纬线;纬圈[C]
6. 【电】并联[U]
The two generators operate in parallel.
这两台发电机并联发电。
vt.
1. 使成平行;与...平行
The street paralleled the railroad.
那条街与铁路平行。
2. 比较[(+with)]
They paralleled his life with those of the saints.
他们将他的生活与圣人的生活相比。
3. 与...相似,比得上
Your story closely parallels what he told me.
你的说法跟他告诉我的情况极为相似。