be parallel to sth
parallel 后接介词 to,表示“与……平行”,多用于几何或方位关系。
The street is parallel to the railway.
这条街道与铁路平行。
平行的;并行的
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
平行的;并行的
parallel (of lines, roads)
The street is parallel to the railway.
这条街道与铁路平行。
表示“与……平行”时,常与 to 连用,如 a road parallel to the coast。
彼此间距离处处相等。
Equally distant from one another at all points.
总体方向相同;比较关系用“to”表示。
Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
同时处理多个任务的。
Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
类似的;相似的;可比的。
Analogous, similar, comparable.
The two railway tracks run parallel for several miles.
这两条铁轨平行延伸了好几英里。
Draw a line parallel to the bottom edge of the paper.
画一条与纸张底边平行的线。
Our road is parallel to the highway, so we don't hear much traffic.
我们的路与高速公路平行,所以听不到太多车流。
parallel 后接介词 to,表示“与……平行”,多用于几何或方位关系。
The street is parallel to the railway.
这条街道与铁路平行。
run parallel to 表示“(道路、河流等)平行延伸”,强调方向与走向。
The trail runs parallel to the highway for about five miles.
这条小路与高速公路平行延伸约五英里。
Not this
The two lines are parallel each other.
Use this
The two lines are parallel to each other.
parallel 作形容词表示“与……平行”时,后接比较对象须加介词 to(也常用 with)。中文“两条线彼此平行”里没有介词,直译成英文就漏掉了 to,因此应补上 to each other。
Not this
This road is parallel from the river.
Use this
This road is parallel to the river.
表达“与某物平行”应使用介词 to,表示方向上的相对关系;from 表示“从……起/分离”,在这里搭配错误。应把 from 改为 to,使比较关系完整。
Not this
My ideas are parallel to you.
Use this
My ideas are parallel to yours.
比较的对象是 ideas 而不是“你”这个人,所以要用名词性物主代词 yours(等于 your ideas)作 to 的宾语;若用 you,就把人和想法错误地当作平行比较对象。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
平行线
Parallel lines never meet, no matter how far they extend.
平行线无论延伸多远都不会相交。
平行宇宙
The novel imagines a parallel universe where history took a different course.
这部小说设想了一个历史走向不同的平行宇宙。
并行处理
Parallel processing allows a computer to perform many operations at once.
并行处理使计算机能同时执行多项操作。
与……平行;与……类似
The highway runs parallel to the coastline.
这条高速公路与海岸线平行。
双杠
The gymnast won a gold medal on the parallel bars.
这位体操运动员在双杠项目上赢得了金牌。
平行结构
Use parallel structure when listing items in a sentence.
在句中列举项目时应使用平行结构。
平行宇宙;比喻与现实大不相同的另一种世界或处境
I sometimes imagine a parallel universe where I never sent that email.
我有时会想象一个平行宇宙,在那里我从未发出那封邮件。
过着平行的生活;指两人的生活轨迹相似却互不交织
They share an apartment but lead parallel lives, eating and sleeping at different times.
他们合住一间公寓,却过着平行的生活,吃饭和睡觉的时间都不一样。
与……并行;指同时发生或与某事物相似
The rise in online shopping runs parallel to the decline of small bookshops.
网购的增长与小型书店的衰落是并行发生的。
Use parallel naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把两个 l 想成两条平行的铁轨,处处等距、永不交叉,也就记住了“parallel”的含义。
语域:neutral 常见场景:geometry lessons、graph coordinates、descriptions of roads or rails 该义项(空间上“处处距离相等”)通常为中性用词,多用于数学课、制图、坐标说明以及描述道路、铁路等日常场景。正式文本和口语中都较常见,不带有明显的书面或俚语色彩。
作定语或表语;表示“与……平行/相似”时,比较对象由介词 to 引出。
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