GMAT 01 Flashcards
out·dis·tance
verb
\ˌau̇t-ˈdis-tən(t)s\
- VERB （经过一段时期在某一活动上）远远超过，大大超越 If you outdistance someone, you are a lot better and more successful than they are at a particular activity over a period of time.
It didn’t matter that Ingrid had outdistanced them as a movie star.
作为一名影星，英格丽已经远远地超越了她们，但这却无关紧要。 - VERB （在竞赛中）轻松击败，遥遥领先 If you outdistance your opponents in a contest of some kind, you beat them easily.
…a millionaire businessman who easily outdistanced his major rivals for the nomination.
轻松击败主要对手从而获得提名的百万富商
out·field
noun
-ˌfēld\
- N-SING （棒球或板球运动中的）外场，外野 In baseball and cricket, the outfield is the part of the field that is furthest from the batting area.
【搭配模式】： the N
— out·field·er -ˌfēl-dər\ noun
out·growth
noun
\ˈau̇t-ˌgrōth\
- N-COUNT 产物；自然发展的结果 Something that is an outgrowth of another thing has developed naturally as a result of it.
Her first book is an outgrowth of an art project she began in 1988.
她的第一本书是一个她开始于1988年的艺术项目的产物。
<trimmed back some of the tree’s outgrowths so they wouldn’t interfere with the power lines>
<a predictable outgrowth of the suburb’s ever growing population will be the need for more schools>
out·lay
verb
\ˈau̇t-ˌlā\
- N-VAR （必要的）费用，开支 Outlay is the amount of money that you have to spend in order to buy something or start a project.
Apart from the capital outlay of buying the machine, dishwashers can actually save you money…
除了购置所用开支，洗碗机实际上能为你省钱。
A beginner could really enjoy the hobby for an outlay of between £100 or £120 a month.
初学者只需每月花上100到120英镑便能真正享受到这种爱好带来的乐趣。
<the nation had outlaid nearly 20 billion dollars on social programs at that point>
out·let
noun
\ˈau̇t-ˌlet\
- N-COUNT 经销店；专营店 An outlet is a shop or organization which sells the goods made by a particular manufacturer.
…the largest retail outlet in the city.
该市最大的零售商店 - N-COUNT 廉价商品经销店；折扣店 An outlet or an outlet store is a place which sells slightly damaged or outdated goods from a particular manufacturer, or goods that it made in greater quantities than needed.
…the factory outlet store in Belmont.
位于贝尔蒙特的厂家直销型折扣店 - N-COUNT （情感的）发泄途径；（思想的）表达方式 If someone has an outlet for their feelings or ideas, they have a means of expressing and releasing them.
Her father had found an outlet for his ambition in his work.
她父亲在工作中找到了施展抱负的机会。 - N-COUNT 出口；排放管 An outlet is a hole or pipe through which liquid or air can flow away.
…a warm air outlet.
热气出口
…an underwater outlet pipe discharging waste into the sea.
排污入海的水下管道 - N-COUNT （通常指墙上的）电源插座 An outlet is a place, usually in a wall, where you can connect electrical devices to the electricity supply.
in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 socket
out·mod·ed
adj
-ˈmō-dəd\
- ADJ-GRADED 过时的；老式的；废弃的；无用的 If you describe something as outmoded, you mean that you think it is old-fashioned and no longer useful or relevant to modern life.
Romania badly needs aid to modernise its outmoded industries…
罗马尼亚亟需援助以使其落后的工业现代化。
What hope is there, if people in positions of power continue to promote outmoded attitudes?…
如果当权者仍然抱残守缺，还有什么希望可言？
out·most
adj
\ˈau̇t-ˌmōst\
adj.最外面的，最远的
<the outmost areas of the park, where few tourists venture, are still wilderness>
out·num·ber
verb
\ˌau̇t-ˈnəm-bər\
- VERB （在数量上）压倒，比…多 If one group of people or things outnumbers another, the first group has more people or things in it than the second group.
…a town where men outnumber women four to one…
男性比女性多3倍的城镇
Donkeys outnumber cars in this landscape of tiny stonewalled fields.
在这片以石墙隔出巴掌大的农田的乡村，驴子比汽车还多。
With 20 girls and 10 boys in the class, girls outnumber boys by 2 to 1.
out·pa·tient
noun, often attributive
\ˈau̇t-ˌpā-shənt\
- N-COUNT 门诊病人 An outpatient is someone who receives treatment at a hospital but does not spend the night there.
…the outpatient clinic…
门诊部
She received psychiatric care as an outpatient.
她作为门诊病人接受了精神科护理。
out·put
noun
\ˈau̇t-ˌpu̇t\
- N-VAR 产量；输出量；排出量 Output is used to refer to the amount of something that a person or thing produces.
Manual workers need a good breakfast for high-energy output…
体力劳动者身体消耗巨大，早餐要丰盛一些。
Government statistics show the largest drop in industrial output for ten years.
政府统计数据显示这是10年来工业产量最大幅度的滑坡。 - N-VAR （计算机、文字处理器等的）输出信息，输出文件 The output of a computer or word processor is the information that it displays on a screen or prints on paper as a result of a particular program.
You run the software, you look at the output, you make modifications.
运行该软件，查看输出结果并进行修正。
stars with large energy outputs
The computer’s output is shown on this screen.
outputs of up to 400 watts
the television’s video and audio outputs
out·ra·geous
adj
(ˌ)au̇t-ˈrā-jəs\
- ADJ-GRADED 令人无法容忍的；骇人的 If you describe something as outrageous, you are emphasizing that it is unacceptable or very shocking.
I must apologise for my outrageous behaviour…
我必须为自己极端无礼的行为道歉。
Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.
本地电话资费贵得出奇。
outrageously: Car-parks are few, crammed, and outrageously expensive…停车场数量少，车位挤，并且停车费高得离谱。She flirted with him outrageously at times.她有时露骨地跟他调情。
— out·ra·geous·ly adverb
— out·ra·geous·ness noun
out·right
adv
\ˌau̇t-ˈrīt\
- ADJ 直率的；公开的；直截了当的 You use outright to describe behaviour and actions that are open and direct, rather than indirect.
The adjective is pronounced /’aʊtraɪt/. The adverb is pronounced /ˌaʊt’raɪt/. 形容词读作 /’aʊtraɪt/，副词读作 /ˌaʊt’raɪt/。
Kawaguchi finally resorted to an outright lie.
川口最后干脆睁着眼睛说瞎话。
…outright condemnation.
公开谴责
Outright is also an adverb. - ADJ 完全的；彻底的；全部的 Outright means complete and total.
She had failed to win an outright victory…
她没能大获全胜。
The response of the audience varied from outright rejection to warm hospitality.
观众反应不一，有人完全不能接受，也有人击掌叫好。
If someone is killed outright, they die immediately, for example in an accident.当场（或立即）死亡
oval
noun
\ˈō-vəl\
- ADJ 椭圆形的；卵形的 Oval things have a shape that is like a circle but is wider in one direction than the other.
He was a man in his late thirties, with fine, dark hair and a pale oval face.
他年近四十，头发乌黑亮泽，长着一张苍白的鹅蛋脸。
…the small oval framed picture of a little boy.
镶在椭圆形相框里的小男孩照片
Oval is also a noun.
The racetrack is an oval.
ovar·i·an
adj
\ō-ˈver-ē-ən\
- ADJ 卵巢的 Ovarian means in or relating to the ovaries.
…a new treatment for ovarian cancer.
卵巢癌的新疗法
o·ver·arch
verb
\ˌō-vər-ˈär-ch\
vt.在…上方成拱形
Computer downtime is an overarching problem in all departments.
over·ex·tend
verb
\ˌō-vər-ik-ˈstend\
vt.过分张开，过分扩展，使(自己或别人)承担过多的工作
— over·ex·ten·sion -ˈsten(t)-shən\ noun
He overextended a muscle in his arm.
over·lie
verb
-ˈlī\
vt.躺在…上面
<the puzzle pieces overlay one another in complete disarray on the floor>
<there will be freezing rain tonight, so we can expect to find a thick layer of ice overlying the car windshield in the morning>
over·lord
noun
\ˈō-vər-ˌlȯrd\
- N-COUNT 霸主；巨头 If you refer to someone as an overlord, you mean that they have great power and are likely to use it in a bad way.
We really don’t want to be the overlords of the Palestinian population…
我们真的并不希望成为巴勒斯坦人民的太上皇。
The running of Welsh rugby was left in chaos yesterday after a vote of no confidence in the game’s overlords.
昨天，在对威尔士橄榄球界几位巨头投了不信任票后，该运动的管理陷入一片混乱。 - N-COUNT （旧时的）君主，领主 In former times, an overlord was someone who had power over many people.
Henry II was the first king to be recognized as overlord of Ireland.
亨利二世是第一位被承认为爱尔兰领主的国王。
— over·lord·ship -ˌship\ noun
He is the overlord of the underground gambling industry.
over·re·fine
vt. 对…作过分的精炼
vi. 区分过于琐细
overriding
adj
- ADJ 压倒一切的；首要的；最为重要的 In a particular situation, the overriding factor is the one that is the most important.
My overriding concern is to raise the standards of state education…
我最关心的是提高国民教育水平。
Given the overriding need to cut the budget deficit, the administration will ask congress for only $15 million this summer.
考虑到当务之急是削减预算赤字，今年夏天政府只计划向国会申请1,500万美元的预算。
over·run
verb
-ˈrən\
- VERB （迅速）侵占，占领 If an army or an armed force overruns a place, area, or country, it succeeds in occupying it very quickly.
A group of rebels overran the port area and most of the northern suburbs…
一群叛乱分子迅速占领了港口地区和大部分城北郊区。
The centre of New Delhi was overrun by an armed mob which attacked government buildings.
新德里市中心被一群袭击政府大楼的武装暴徒控制了。 - ADJ-GRADED 横行的；泛滥的；肆虐的 If you say that a place is overrun with things that you consider undesirable, you mean that there are a large number of them there.
The flower beds were overrun with grasses…
花坛里杂草横生。
The Hotel has been ordered to close because it is overrun by mice and rats…
由于老鼠泛滥成灾，该旅馆被勒令关闭。 - VERB 超过时限 If an event or meeting overruns by, for example, ten minutes, it continues for ten minutes longer than it was intended to.
Tuesday’s lunch overran by three-quarters of an hour…
星期二的午餐超时了45分钟。
The talks overran their allotted time.
会谈超过了他们的预定时间。 - VERB （费用等）超支，超出预算 If costs overrun, they are higher than was planned or expected.
We should stop the nonsense of taxpayers trying to finance new weapons whose costs always overrun hugely…
新武器研发的费用总是大大超支，却还要试图让纳税人出钱资助，我们应该制止这一荒谬至极的行为。
Costs overran the budget by about 30%.
开支超出预算将近30%。
Overrun is also a noun.
overt
adj
\ō-ˈvərt\
- ADJ-GRADED 公开的；明显的；不隐藏的 An overt action or attitude is done or shown in an open and obvious way.
His recent productions have been beautifully crafted works with little overt political content…
他最近所创作的都是些精雕细琢的作品，少有鲜明的政治内容。
Although there is no overt hostility, black and white students do not mix much.
虽然黑人学生与白人学生之间没有公开的敌意，但他们也不怎么来往。
overtly: He’s written a few overtly political lyrics over the years.他这些年写了几首政治色彩鲜明的抒情诗。
— overt·ly adverb
— overt·ness noun
over·tone
noun
-ˌtōn\
- N-COUNT 弦外之音；言外之意；暗示 If something has overtones of a particular thing or quality, it suggests that thing or quality but does not openly express it.
The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign…
罢工带上了民权运动的意味。
It’s a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones.
这个故事寓意深远，具有强烈的宗教色彩。
over·use
- VERB 过多（或过度）使用；滥用 If someone overuses something, they use more of it than necessary, or use it more often than necessary.
The verb is pronounced /ˌəʊvə’juːz/. The noun is pronounced /ˌəʊvə’juːs/. 动词读作 /ˌəʊvə’juːz/。名词读作 /ˌəʊvə’juːs/。
A nasal spray or drops would ease your symptoms, but don’t overuse them or further congestion could result…
鼻腔喷剂或滴剂能减轻症状，但请勿使用过频，否则鼻塞可能会加重。
Don’t overuse heated appliances on you hair.
不要过多地使用电热器具弄头发。
Overuse is also a noun. - VERB 滥用（词语等）；使成为陈词滥调 If you say that people overuse a word or idea, you mean that they use it so often that it no longer has any real meaning or effect.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
你最为常用的词或词组有哪些？
overused: ‘Just Do It’ has become one of the most overused catch phrases in recent memory.Just Do it (想做就做)成了近来记忆中用得最滥的流行语之一。
over·ween·ing
adj
-ˈwē-niŋ\
- ADJ （雄心、骄傲等）过度的，过分的 If you want to emphasize your disapproval of someone’s great ambition or pride, you can refer to their overweening ambition or pride.
‘Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit,’ she said.
“你表面谦虚，骨子里目中无人。”她说道。
— over·ween·ing·ly adverb
<a director who has little patience for overweening actors who think they are above taking advice and criticism>
<overweening desire for wealth and fame>
oblig·a·to·ry
adj
\ə-ˈbli-gə-ˌtȯr-ē\
- ADJ （按照规定或法律）必须履行的，强制性的 If something is obligatory, you must do it because of a rule or a law.
Most women will be offered an ultrasound scan during pregnancy, although it’s not obligatory…
大多数处于妊娠期的妇女将被建议接受超声波检查，不过这不是强制性的。
These rates do not include the charge for obligatory medical consultations.
这些费用不含必要的就诊费。 - ADJ 习惯性的;礼节性的;随大溜的 If you describe something as obligatory, you mean that it is done from habit or custom and not because the person involved has thought carefully about it or really means it.
His lips curved up in the obligatory smile, acknowledging the compliment…
他嘴边礼节性地挤出一个微笑，以示对称赞致谢。
She was wearing the obligatory sweater and pearl necklace.
她穿着那件经常穿的毛衣，戴着那串惯常戴的珍珠项链。
— oblig·a·to·ri·ly adverb
The training is obligatory for all personnel.
This action movie includes the obligatory chase scenes.
ox·ide
noun
\ˈäk-ˌsīd\
- N-MASS 氧化物 An oxide is a compound of oxygen and another chemical element.
Atoms of iron in the nail combine with atoms of oxygen from the air to form molecules of iron oxide, or rust.
钉子里的铁原子与空气中的氧原子结合后形成氧化铁分子，也就是锈。
— ox·id·ic \äk-ˈsi-dik\ adjective
ozone
noun
\ˈō-ˌzōn\
- N-UNCOUNT 臭氧 Ozone is a colourless gas which is a form of oxygen. There is a layer of ozone high above the earth’s surface.
Ozone is best known for its role in screening the Earth from harmful ultraviolet rays from the Sun…
臭氧最广为人知的作用是保护地球免受太阳紫外线的伤害。
What they find could provide clues to what might happen worldwide if ozone depletion continues.
他们的发现可以揭示如果臭氧持续减少，世界范围内可能会出现什么情况。
— ozo·nic \ō-ˈzō-nik\ adjective
Scientists are concerned about ozone depletion.
A light breeze filled the rooms of our seaside cottage with ozone.
pag·i·na·tion
noun
\ˌpa-jə-ˈnā-shən\
n.<术>页码，页码标注
pains·tak·ing
noun
\ˈpān-ˌstā-kiŋ\
- ADJ-GRADED （研究、检查、调查）十分小心的，极其仔细的，缜密的 A painstaking search, examination, or investigation is done extremely carefully and thoroughly.
Forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris.
法医专家对残骸进行了极其仔细的搜索。
painstakingly: Broken bones were painstakingly pieced together and reshaped.断骨被十分小心地接合复位。
pains·tak·ing·ly
-kiŋ-lē\
adverb
adv.刻苦地，煞费苦心地
The book describes the election process in painstaking detail.
<she was always painstaking about her work>
pal·at·abil·i·ty
noun
\ˌpa-lə-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\
n.嗜食性， 适口性，风味
pal·at·able adj \ˈpa-lə-tə-bəl\
pal·at·able·ness noun
pal·at·ably \ˈpa-lə-tə-blē\ adverb
a less than palatable beer
<I did not find the idea of moving again very palatable.>
pa·leo·cli·ma·tol·o·gist
noun
-jist\
古生物气象学家
pa·leo·cli·ma·tol·o·gy noun \ˌpā-lē-ō-ˌklī-mə-ˈtä-lə-jē\
Pa·leo·lith·ic
adj
\ˌpā-lē-ə-ˈli-thik\
adj.旧石器时代的
pa·le·on·tol·o·gist
noun
-ˌän-ˈtä-lə-jist\
n.古生物学者
pa·le·on·tol·o·gy noun \ˌpā-lē-ˌän-ˈtä-lə-jē\
— pa·le·on·to·log·i·cal -ˌän-tə-ˈlä-ji-kəl\ also pa·le·on·to·log·ic -jik\ adjective
pal·lid
adj
\ˈpa-ləd\
- ADJ-GRADED 苍白的；无血色的；暗淡的 Someone or something that is pallid is pale in an unattractive or unnatural way.
…helpless grief on pallid faces.
苍白面孔上无助的忧伤
…pallid grey vapour.
暗淡的灰白色水蒸气 - ADJ-GRADED （演出、书籍等）平淡的，乏味的，了无生气的 You can describe something such as a performance or book as pallid if it is weak or not at all exciting.
…a pallid account of the future of transport.
对交通运输前景的平淡描述
…a pallid unsuccessful romance.
一段失败的平淡恋情
— pal·lid·ly adverb
— pal·lid·ness noun
palm
noun
\ˈpäm\
- N-COUNT 棕榈树 A palm or a palm tree is a tree that grows in hot countries. It has long leaves growing at the top, and no branches.
- N-COUNT 手掌 The palm of your hand is the inside part.
Dornberg slapped the table with the palm of his hand…
多恩伯格用手拍着桌子。
He wiped his sweaty palm.
他擦了擦满是汗水的手掌。 - PHRASE 在…的手心里；在…的完全掌控中 If you have someone or something in the palm of your hand, you have control over them.
Johnson thought he had the board of directors in the palm of his hand…
约翰逊以为自己完全掌控了董事会。
They held his fate in the palms of their ancient hands.
他们这些老人将他的命运掌握在手心里。
相关词组：palm off, palm off with
- PHRASAL VERB 硬塞；骗卖 If you say that someone has palmed something off on you, you feel annoyed because they have made you accept it although it is not valuable or is not your responsibility.
I couldn’t keep palming her off on friends…
我不能总是把她硬塞给朋友们。
Joseph made sure that he was never palmed off with inferior stuff.
约瑟夫确保自己从不会被骗买一些次等原料。 - PHRASAL VERB （用谎话或借口）欺骗搪塞，打发 If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions.
Mark was palmed off with a series of excuses.
马克被一连串借口打发了。
pal·try
adj
\ˈpȯl-trē\
- ADJ-GRADED (数量)微小的，微不足道的 A paltry amount of money or of something else is one that you consider to be very small.
…a paltry fine of £50…
50英镑的小额罚款
They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats.
他们在选举中惨败，仅获得微不足道的3个席位。 - ADJ-GRADED 可鄙的；卑贱的；不重要的 You can use paltry to describe something or someone that you consider to be small or unimportant.
The parents had little interest in paltry domestic concerns.
那些家长对家里鸡毛蒜皮的小事没什么兴趣。
<a paltry, underhanded scheme to get someone fired>
<the hotel’s shabby, outdated exercise room was its paltry attempt at a health spa>
— pal·tri·ness noun
pam·phlet
noun
\ˈpam(p)-flət\
- N-COUNT 小册子 A pamphlet is a very thin book, with a paper cover, which gives information about something.
<pamphlets about common safety precautions that we all can put into use>
pan·a·cea
noun
\ˌpa-nə-ˈsē-ə\
- N-COUNT 灵丹妙药；万能之计 If you say that something is not a panacea for a particular set of problems, you mean that it will not solve all those problems.
Membership of the ERM is not a panacea for Britain’s economic problems…
加入欧洲汇率机制并不是解决英国经济问题的万灵丹。
Western aid may help but will not be a panacea.
西方援助可能会有所帮助，但并非灵丹妙药。
— pan·a·ce·an -ˈsē-ən\ adjective
The law will improve the lives of local farmers, but it is no panacea.
<a woman who seems to believe that chicken soup is a panacea for nearly everything>
pan·el
noun
\ˈpa-nəl\
- N-COUNT-COLL （进行公开讨论或作决策的）专门小组 A panel is a small group of people who are chosen to do something, for example to discuss something in public or to make a decision.
He assembled a panel of scholars to advise him…
他组织了一个学者小组为他出谋划策。
All the writers on the panel agreed Quinn’s book should be singled out for special praise…
专门小组的所有作家一致认为奎因的书应该单独挑出来予以特别表扬。 - N-COUNT （门等的）镶板，嵌板 A panel is a flat rectangular piece of wood or other material that forms part of a larger object such as a door.
…the frosted glass panel set in the centre of the door.
门中间镶嵌的磨砂玻璃板 - N-COUNT （机器、设备等的）仪表板，面板 A control panel or instrument panel is a board or surface which contains switches and controls to operate a machine or piece of equipment.
The equipment was extremely sophisticated and was monitored from a central control-panel…
这台设备极为复杂，由中央控制面板进行监控。
They had failed to recognise signs on their instrument panel indicating a serious problem.
他们没有注意到仪表板上显示的重大故障信号。
pang
noun
\ˈpaŋ\
- N-COUNT 一阵剧痛；突然而强烈的情感 A pang is a sudden strong feeling or emotion, for example of sadness or pain.
For a moment she felt a pang of guilt about the way she was treating him.
有一阵子，她为自己那样对他感到内疚。
…hunger pangs.
阵阵饥饿感
<those hunger pangs that strike you in the middle of the afternoon>
pa·per·work
noun
-ˌwərk\
- N-UNCOUNT 文书工作 Paperwork is the routine part of a job which involves writing or dealing with letters, reports, and records.
At every stage in the production there will be paperwork — forms to fill in, permissions to obtain, letters to write.
在生产的每个阶段都有文书工作——填表格，报批，写信。
par·a·digm
noun
\ˈper-ə-ˌdīm\
- N-VAR 样板；范式 A paradigm is a model for something which explains it or shows how it can be produced.
…a new paradigm of production.
新的生产范式 - N-COUNT 典范；范例 A paradigm is a clear and typical example of something.
He had become the paradigm of the successful man.
他已经成为成功人士的典范。
— par·a·dig·mat·ic \ˌper-ə-dig-ˈma-tik\ adjective
— par·a·dig·mat·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Her recent book provides us with a new paradigm for modern biography.
the Freudian paradigm of psychoanalysis
a new study that challenges the current evolutionary paradigm
And the paradigm of a thing to be philosophical about is death. —Jim Holt, New York Times Book Review, 15 Feb. 2009
par·al·lax
noun
\ˈpa-rə-ˌlaks\
- N-VAR （因观察位置变化而引起的）视差 Parallax is when an object appears to change its position because the person or instrument observing it has changed their position.
par·al·lel
adj
\ˈper-ə-ˌlel\
- N-COUNT （存在或发生在不同地点或时间的）相似之物，类似物 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.
in AM, use 美国英语用 paralleling, paralleled
Readers familiar with English history will find a vague parallel 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。
It’s an ecological disaster with no parallel 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。 - N-COUNT （两者间的）近似之处，相似之处 If there are parallels between two things, they are similar in some ways.
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。
There are significant parallels with the 1980s…
与20世纪80年代有明显相似之处。 - VERB 与…同时发生；与…相似 If one thing parallels another, they happen at the same time or are similar, and often seem to be connected.
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。
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。 - ADJ 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.
…parallel talks between the two countries’ Foreign Ministers…
两国外交部长同时进行的会谈
Their instincts do not always run parallel with ours…
他们的本能并不总是和我们的相同。 - ADJ 平行的；并列的 If two lines, two objects, or two lines of movement are parallel, they are the same distance apart along their whole length.
…seventy-two ships, drawn up in two parallel lines…
平行排成两队的72艘船
Farthing Lane’s just above the High Street and parallel with it…
法辛巷刚好在大街的北面，与大街平行。 - N-COUNT （标于地图上的）纬线，纬圈 A parallel is an imaginary line round the earth that is parallel to the equator. Parallels are shown on maps.
…the area south of the 38th parallel.
38度纬线以南地区 - PHRASE 与…同时 Something that occurs in parallel with something else occurs at the same time as it.
Davies has managed to pursue his diverse interests in parallel 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。
Progress on this issue must be made in parallel 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。
平行线
par·al·lel·o·gram
noun
\ˌpa-rə-ˈle-lə-ˌgram\
- N-COUNT 平行四边形 A parallelogram is a four-sided shape in which each side is parallel to the side opposite it.
Rectangles, squares, and rhombuses are all parallelograms.
pa·ram·e·ter
noun
\pə-ˈram-ə-tər\
- N-COUNT 参数；界限；范围 Parameters are factors or limits which affect the way that something can be done or made.
That would be enough to make sure we fell within the parameters of our loan agreement.
那就足以确保我们符合贷款协议的范围。
…some of the parameters that determine the taste of a wine.
决定葡萄酒口味的一些因素
— para·met·ric \ˌpa-rə-ˈme-trik\ adjective
— para·met·ri·cal·ly -tri-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
par·a·mount
adj
\ˈper-ə-ˌmau̇nt\
- ADJ 最重要的；首要的 Something that is paramount or of paramount importance is more important than anything else.
The child’s welfare must be seen as paramount…
必须把儿童福利摆在首位。
Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.
氮对地球上的生命至关重要。
— par·a·mount·cy -ˌmau̇n(t)-sē\ noun
— par·a·mount·ly -ˌmau̇nt-lē\ adverb
<the paramount goal is to restore the colonial-era house with complete historical accuracy>
<maintaining the secrecy of the agreement is of paramount importance>
