The idea of a parallel universe is hard to grasp.

认为另有一个平行宇宙的概念是很难理解的。

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Controversy surrounds the question of whether recognition is a parallel, one-step process or a serial, step-by-step one.

围绕着这个问题，承认它是一个平行的、一步到位的过程还是一个串行的、循序渐进的过程，存在着争议。

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Psychologists of the Gestalt school maintain that objects are recognized as wholes in a parallel procedure: the internal representation is matched with the retinal image in a single operation.

格式塔学派的心理学家认为，物体是在一个平行的过程中被识别为整体的：在一个单一的操作中，内部表征与视网膜图像匹配。

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This intense heat they project in a parallel beam against any object they choose, by means of a polished parabolic mirror of unknown composition, much as the mirror of a lighthouse projects a beam of light.

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There's a parallel between day one, day four; day two and five; day three and six.

第一天和第四天是对应的;,第二天和第五天，第三天和第六天。

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So, what I want to do today-- again, this is a parallel-holding-pattern lecture.

我今天要讲的是,再次强调,这是一门同步课程

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For a parallel, you could look to another victim of the times, the landline phone.

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But you can create a parallel world where it isn't, if you really try.

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They could be caused by any kind of object with a parallel linear design, he said.

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