词组 | connection |
释义 | connection /kəˈnekʃən/ noun a relationship between facts, ideas, events, or peopleadjectivesa direct connection Poverty has a direct connection with ill health.a close connection also an intimate connection formal She sees a close connection between maths and music.a clear/obvious connection There is an obvious connection between this painting and his earlier works.a strong connection I still feel a strong connection with the country where I was born.a causal connection formal (=in which one thing causes another) He denies any causal connection between pollution and global warming.a loose connection also a tenuous connection formal (=not strong, close, or obvious) There seemed to be only a loose connection between the questions and the answers.verbshave a connection Police do not think the two murders have any connection.see a connection It’s easy to see a connection between stress and illness.make/form a connection (=see or show that there is one) In learning to read, children make a connection between a written sign and a sound or word.establish a connection (=show that there is one) Studies have established a connection between ill health and pollution.discover/find a connection Investigators found a connection between the two men: they worked for the same company.sth suggests a connection The two things happened on the same day, which suggests a connection.break a connection also sever a connection formal We must break the connection between money and politics.maintain a connection After retiring as a player, he maintained a close connection to the football club.prepositionsa connection between sth (and sth) The book suggests a close connection between war and oil.in connection with sth There have been no further reports in connection with the attack.a connection to/with sth He hasn’t lived in the town for years and he no longer feels any connection to it. |
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