parallel

平行な

二本の線がどこでも同じ間隔を保ち、交わらない。

やさしい英語で： Two lines stay the same distance apart along their whole length and never meet.

• The two lines are parallel.
• Opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.
• Is this edge parallel to that one?

使い方： parallel to something (Draw a line parallel to the bottom edge.)

反対語： intersecting

よく使う表現： parallel lines, parallel sides, two parallel tracks

平行な

普通は並んで、ほぼ同じ方向に進んだり伸びたりしている。

やさしい英語で： Going in the same general direction, usually side by side.

• We followed parallel paths through the forest.
• The road is parallel to the river.
• Two roughly parallel routes lead to the village.

使い方： parallel to something (The railway is roughly parallel to the coast.)

よく使う表現： parallel roads, parallel routes, parallel to something

並列の

コンピューターが複数の作業を同時に行う。

やさしい英語で： Using a computer to carry out several tasks at the same time.

• Parallel processing saves time.
• The program uses a parallel algorithm.
• Multiple cores make parallel execution possible.

類義語： concurrent

反対語： sequential, serial

よく使う表現： parallel processing, parallel computing, a parallel algorithm

類似点、共通点

二人の人や二つの物、状況が似ている点。

やさしい英語で： A way in which two people, things, or situations are similar.

• I see a parallel between their lives.
• There are striking parallels with earlier events.
• Can you find any parallels in these stories?

使い方： a parallel between A and B (There is a parallel between their childhoods.); a parallel with something (Her story has a clear parallel with mine.)

類義語： similarity, resemblance

反対語： difference

よく使う表現： a striking parallel, a close parallel, find a parallel

比較、対比

二人の人や二つの物を比べ、似ているところを示すこと。

やさしい英語で： A comparison that shows how two people or things are alike.

• He drew a parallel between the two wars.
• Her essay develops a parallel between two poets.
• The critic’s parallel highlights their shared themes.

使い方： draw a parallel between A and B (The writer draws a parallel between the two leaders.)

類義語： comparison, analogy

よく使う表現： draw a parallel, a historical parallel, an extended parallel

緯線

赤道の北または南で、同じ緯度の場所を結んで地球を一周する想像上の線。

やさしい英語で： An imaginary line around the Earth connecting places equally far north or south of the equator.

• The border follows the 49th parallel.
• Mark these parallels on the map.
• The town lies just north of the 30th parallel.

類義語： line of latitude

よく使う表現： the northern parallel, the 38th parallel, parallel of latitude

平行に

別の物のそばを、同じ間隔を保つか同じ方向をたどって。

やさしい英語で： Alongside something else, keeping the same distance from it or following the same direction.

• The tracks run parallel.
• The stream flows parallel to the road.
• We walked parallel to the fence.

使い方： run parallel to something (The road runs parallel to the canal.)

よく使う表現： run parallel, flow parallel, parallel to something

類似する、対応する

重要な点で、ほかの物や事柄と似ている。

やさしい英語で： To be similar to something else in important ways.

• Her experience parallels mine.
• The novel’s events paralleled his own life.
• These findings closely parallel those of earlier studies.

類義語： resemble, mirror, correspond to

よく使う表現： parallel someone’s experience, closely parallel something, parallel historical events