名詞 parallelism:

1. similarity by virtue of corresponding
   同義詞：correspondence

1. A literary contrivance, such as parallelism or personification, used to achieve a particular effect.
   擬人文學(xué)上的一種修辭方法，如比擬或似人法，用以達到某種特別的效果
2. Don't exaggerate the parallelism between the two cases.
   不要夸大那兩件事的相似性。

par.al.lel.ism

n.（名詞）
The quality or condition of being parallel; a parallel relationship.
平行性：處于平行的性質(zhì)或狀態(tài)；平行關(guān)系
Likeness, correspondence, or similarity in aspect, course, or tendency.
類似，一致：在觀點、路線或趨勢上的一致、對應(yīng)或相似
Grammar The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses.
【語法】 平行關(guān)系，平行結(jié)構(gòu)的運用：在相應(yīng)的句子中運用相同的或可替換的句法結(jié)構(gòu)
Philosophy The doctrine that to every mental change there corresponds a concomitant but causally unconnected physical alteration.
【哲學(xué)】 并行論：一種認為每一個精神變化都有一個隨之而來但并非與之直接聯(lián)系的生理變化的學(xué)說