parallel line

基本解釋

So if you're standing in one parallel line and somebody in another one slips ahead of you and gets served before you, you're a victim - you experience a slip.
就是說，如果你和另外一個人同時開始排兩條平行的隊，那個人在你之前排到了，你就是那個倒霉的受害者 - 你體驗了"滑倒"。
Then there's always the stress that somebody who joins a parallel line next to you can get their burgers and fries before you, and that adds to the stress of the day.
更讓人上火的是，在你旁邊那一隊里，那個家伙比你來的晚，居然得意洋洋地在你之前，拿到了漢堡和薯條，生氣又增加了你一天的壓力。
They continue to manipulate various factors, such as concentration and frequency, vainly trying to draw a parallel line between the animals and humans when there isn’t one.
他們繼續(xù)控制各種因素，如濃度和使用次數(shù)，妄圖在動物和人類之間做比較，而這種可比性是不存在的。

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