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：處于平行的性質或狀態(tài)；平行關系
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、對應或相似
Grammar The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses.
【語法】 平行關系，平行結構的運用：在相應的句子中運用相同的或可替換的句法結構
Philosophy The doctrine that to every mental change there corresponds a concomitant but causally unconnected physical alteration.
【哲學】 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)系的生理變化的學說