parallel的意思是：adj.平行的；相同的；类似的；并联的；n.对比；平行线(面)；双杠；相似物；vt.相比；相应；与 ... 平行。parallel的详尽释义是adj.(形容词)相似的，相同的，同样的，类似的，极相似的平行的，并行的对应的，相应的【电】并联的同一方向的，同方向的同一目的的同时发生的。parallel【近义词】alike。
一、详尽释义点此查看parallel的详细内容
二、词典解释
1.（存在或发生在不同地点或时间的）相似之物，类似物
If something has aparallel, it is similar to something else, but exists or happens in a different place or at a different time. If it hasno parallel or iswithout parallel, it is not similar to anything else.
e.g. Readers familiar with English history will find a vagueparallel 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。
e.g. It's an ecological disaster with noparallel 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。
2.（两者间的）近似之处，相似之处
If there areparallels between two things, they are similar in some ways.
e.g. 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。
e.g. There are significant parallels with the 1980s...
与20世纪80年代有明显相似之处。
3.与…同时发生；与…相似
If one thingparallels another, they happen at the same time or are similar, and often seem to be connected.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
4.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.
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e.g. ...parallel talks between the two countries' Foreign Ministers...
两国外交部长同时进行的会谈
e.g. Their instincts do not always runparallel with ours...
他们的本能并不总是和我们的相同。
5.平行的；并列的
If two lines, two objects, or two lines of movement areparallel, they are the same distance apart along their whole length.
parallel什么意思
e.g. ...seventy-two ships, drawn up in twoparallel lines...
平行排成两队的72艘船
e.g. Farthing Lane's just above the High Street andparallel with it...
法辛巷刚好在大街的北面，与大街平行。
6.（标于地图上的）纬线，纬圈
Aparallel is an imaginary line round the earth that is parallel to the equator. Parallels are shown on maps.
e.g. ...the area south of the 38thparallel.
38度纬线以南地区
7.与…同时
Something that occursin parallel with something else occurs at the same time as it.
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e.g. Davies has managed to pursue his diverse interests inparallel 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。
e.g. Progress on this issue must be made inparallel 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。
三、网络解释
1. 平行的：想想自己刚到美国时问路,想知道那条街跟这条是不是平行的(parallel)却说成para-lyze,译成中文就是「那条街瘫痪了吗?」惹得老美哈哈大笑. 把自己的经历说给一个从荷兰来的同事听,她回答说她闹的笑话更逗,说在美国见到洋白菜(cabbage)便宜就经常买洋白菜,
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2. 并行的：然而国家或国家集团的硬实力与软实力之间的互联、互动关系并非总是线性的(linear)和并行的(parallel),在二者之间划等号,至少是一种过于简单的作法. 至少在表面上,西方和美国学术界在社会中所拥有的独立、中立和自由地位,
四、例句
In the parallel world, there might be an answer for everything.
在平行世界里,似乎有一切的答案。
Parallel processing is the most important peculiarity in this design.
其中,并行化的设计理念是该设计的最大特点。
The railway lines run parallel to the road.
铁路线和那条道路平行。
My experience in this matter is parallel to yours.
在这件事情上，我的经验和你的类似。
My experience in selling is parallel to yours.
在销售方面,我的经验和你相仿。
Japan's macroeconomic puzzle has a microeconomic parallel.
日本的宏观经济难题是与其微观经济并联的。
Elements may be connected in parallel, series, or any combination thereof.
这些硅碳棒可以是并联的，串连的，或者是串并混联的。
It is inappropriate to draw such a parallel.
这种比拟是不恰当的。
The trees stand in parallel with the road.
这些树与公路平行。
The gymnast swung on the parallel bars.
体操运动员在双杠上摆动身子。
The accuracy of the parallel increased.
这种比拟变得愈来愈确切了。
No one can parallel him in Math.
在数学方面无人能与他匹敌。
Actually no one can parallel him in poetry.
实际上，在诗歌方面无人能同他相提并论。
Her experiences parallel mine in many instances.
她的经历多与我的相似。
They parallel with one another.
他们相互平行。
五、常用短语
You'd better parallel this book with that one carefully.
你最好仔细地把这本书与那本书作一番比较。
六、经典引文
Cut in two, in a direction parallel to the axis.
出自：R. KirwanThe planes of cleavage were everywhere parallel.
出自：J. TyndallA plane parallel to the earth's surface.
出自：Physics BulletinAn era of such grandeur as even their ancient history had not paralleled.
出自：W. SpaldingA state of things which could not be paralleled in any other country.
出自：John BrightThese tortuous..women are paralleled through..Miss Potter's art.
出自：G. Greene七、词语用法
parallel的相关近义词
alike、comparable、identical、similar、comparison、equal、likeness、match、be similar to
parallel的相关反义词
contradictory、contrasting、different、opposite、unlikeness、differ
parallel的相关临近词
parallelism、parallax、parallele、parallels、paralleled、paralleling、parallel in、parallel to、parallelize、parallelity、Parallel IO、parallel job