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n.连接,关系,接线,线路,亲戚

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形容词:connectional

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nect,nex=to bind(绑,连接)

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connection


n
1【relationship】
2【joining】
3 in connection with something
4【electrical wire】
5【train/flight etc】
6【road/railway etc】
7【people】
【RELATIONSHIP】[C]
the way in which two facts, ideas, events etc are related to each other, and one is affected or caused by the other
= linkconnection between
 the causal connection between smoking and cancer
 There is a connection between pollution and the death of trees.
connection with
 Mr O'Hara had no known connection with terrorist activity.
connection to
 Williams apparently has no connection to the case.
 Police have so far failed to establish a connection between the two murders.
 The evidence was there in the file but no one made the connection .
 Students often see little connection between school and the rest of their lives.
 He demonstrated the close connection between social conditions and health.
【JOINING】 [U and C]
when two or more things are joined together or when something is joined to a larger system or network
 a digital telephone connection via satellite
 They're offering free Internet connection.
connection to
 The socket allows connection to a PC.
 There's a £25 connection charge (=money you pay to be connected to a service such as telephones, electricity etc) .
in connection with sth
concerning or involving something
arrest/charge/question etc sb in connection with a crime
 Two men have been arrested in connection with the attack.
 visits made to Spain in connection with her business
 his work in connection with refugees
【ELECTRICAL WIRE】[C]
a wire or piece of metal joining two parts of a machine or electrical system
 an electrical connection
 My radio isn't working properly - I think it's got a loose connection (=wires which are not joined correctly) .
【TRAIN/FLIGHT ETC】[C]
a train, bus, or plane which is arranged to leave at a time which allows passengers from an earlier train, bus, or plane to use it to continue their journey
connection to
 If this train gets delayed we'll miss our connection to Paris.
【ROAD/RAILWAY ETC】[C]
a road, railway etc that joins two places and allows people to travel between them
 Cheshunt has good rail connections to London.
【PEOPLE】
connections [plural]a) people who you know who can help you, especially because they are in positions of power
 connections in high places
 We have good connections in the advertising industry.
b) people who are related to you, but not very closely
 He is English, but has Irish connections.
 the network of family connections in Italy
COLLOCATES for sense 1
have a connection (with/to something)
establish a connection (between two things) (=prove or discover a link)
make a connection (between two things) (=realize there is a link)
there is a connection (between two things)
see a connection (=realize there is a connection)
close/direct connection
causal connection (=when one thing causes the other)
tenuous/loose connection (=one that is not at all close)

1. How long will the connection of the telephone take?
    安装电话机与总机接通要多长时间?

2. He severed connection with Tom .
    他和汤姆断绝关系。

3. As part of its deal with the Disney organization, the government is laying on and paying for new highways, an extension of Paris's regional express railway and even a direct connection for the high speed TGV railway to the Channel Tunnel.
    作为与迪斯尼公司合作协议的一部分,政府正在铺设新的公路并支付建设款项,它是巴黎地区快速轨道交通的延伸,甚至可直接连接到通往英吉利海峡隧道的高速电气铁路(TGV)。

4. (A companion study showed girls' popularity with their peers was also related to the popularity of their names — although the connection was less clear for boys.)
    (一个与之配套的研究表明:女孩受同龄人欢迎的程度也与她们的名字受欢迎的程度有关系。虽然对男孩来说这种关系不太明显。)

5. There is always something to do in connection with it, from finding the right place for the latest addition, to verifying facts in reference books.
    从为新增添的收藏品寻找摆放位置到核对参考书中的事实,总归有事可做。

6. If the term sounds unscientific to 20th-century ears, let us remember there is a definite connection between marshy lands and malaria, and that the naming of the disease itself perhaps represents a praiseworthy effort of observation.
    尽管对20世纪的人来说,“坏空气”一词听起来不科学,我们应该记得沼泽地和疟疾之间有着肯定的联系,因此,“坏空气”一词自身也许代表着一种值得称道的观察。

7. I was, indeed: the hole that has been surgically cut to drain urine had changed size and the connection to my urine bag was leaking.
    我确实多用了,因为外科手术所造的排尿孔的大小改变了,于是尿袋的连接处发生渗漏。

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