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词汇 connection
释义 connection
noun
(also mainly UK or old-fashionedconnexion)uk /kəˈnek.ʃən/ us /kəˈnek.ʃən/

connectionnoun (RELATION)


B2[ C ]
the state of being related to someone or something else: (与某人或某事的)联系
connection betweenThe connection between smoking and heart disease is well known.吸烟和心脏病之间的联系已为人们所熟知。
make a connectionThey're sisters? I knew their surname was the same, but I never made (= thought of) the connection.她们是姐妹,是不是?我知道她们同姓,可从没想过她们是一家。
 in connection with something
B2
on the subject of something: 关于,与…有关
They want to talk to you in connection with an unpaid tax bill.他们想和你谈谈一张未付税单的事。
 connections[ plural ]
the people you know and who can help you: 社会关系;人际关系;可资利用的熟人
He only got the job because of his connections!他是因为关系才得到了这份工作!
A man was being questioned in connection with her disappearance.一个与她失踪有关的人正在接受盘问。
Police are interviewing a 43-year-old man in connection with the murder.警方正在对一名与该谋杀案有关的43岁男子进行讯问。
There's no observable connection between the two events.这两个事件之间没有明显的联系。
We were only able to make a tenuous connection between the two robberies.
There is a direct connection between smoking and lung cancer.
Her essay makes a connexion between post-war technological change and language.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Linking and relating
affiliated
AL
appertain to something
applicable
around
collateral
ecosystem
equation
interconnect
interconnected
interconnectedness
interconnection
intercorrelate
recoupling
relatability
relatable
relate
relate to someone/something
relatedly
tar

connectionnoun (JOIN)


B1[ C or U ]
the act of joining or the state of being joined to something else, or the part or process that makes this possible:
If the connection between the two parts is not strengthened, the joint can work loose.
There are screws, catches, clips, and other forms of mechanical connection.
Connections at the interface allow various appliances to be plugged in.
The electricity company guarantees connection within 24 hours.电力公司保证24小时内通电。
No wonder your charger isn't working. There's a loose connection (= a connecting wire has become loose) in the plug.难怪你的充电器不充电,插头接线松了。
[ C ]
the situation where a device such as a computer or mobile phone is joined to a communications system:
internet connectionYou need a fast internet connection.
network connectionAlerts are still sent, even when the internal network connection is down.
broadband connectionIt is best to download large files over a broadband connection.
high-speed connectionThe file takes 60 seconds to download with a high-speed connection.
wireless connectionDoes your printer have a wireless connection, or do you need to use an Ethernet cable?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Connecting and combining
abut
additive
adjoin
affix something to something
agglomerate
connectedly
connecting
converge
convergence
cor
intertwine
interweave
isthmic
jointed
junction
umbilical
unification
unified
unify
unintegrated

connectionnoun (FEELING)


[ C ]
a feeling that you understand, like, and are interested in someone or something:
connection withGenerations of readers have felt a connection with the book.
connection toIt became very clear that voters felt a strong connection to the candidate.
connection betweenWe want to encourage activities that build connections between people.
Their connection is so strong that it almost seems as if they can read each other's minds.
His musical connection with his sister is strong and they have collaborated many times.
When I hold the sculpture, I feel an intimate connection with the work.
Why did someone from the north of England have such a connection with someone from Southern California?
While I could see he was attractive, I felt no connection to him at all.
Her connection to nature can be traced to her childhood on a small farm.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Understanding and comprehending
appreciation for something
apprehend
apprehensible
apprehension
astutely
bear
colour
dot
handle
keenness
keep someone up
know a hawk from a handsawidiom
know the scoreidiom
know/see where someone is coming fromidiom
speak
tease something apart
to get a handle on somethingidiom
to have a handle on somethingidiom
tumble to something
tune in

connectionnoun (PHONE)


[ C ]
the way that two people can speak to each other by phone: (电话)接通(质量)
bad connectionSorry, could you repeat that? This is a very bad connection.对不起,请重复一遍,好吗?通话效果太差了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Communications - by telephone
0800 number
3G
4G
5G
access code
aeroplane mode
airplane mode
buzz
caller ID
Freephone
ISDN
nomophobia
patch someone through
phone in
phone mast
pick
reverse
speakerphone
telephone
unlisted

connectionnoun (TRANSPORT)


B2[ C ]
a bus, train, plane, etc. that arrives at a time that allows passengers to get on after getting off another one, so that they can continue their journey: (供中转旅客换乘的)接驳交通工具(如公车﹑火车﹑ 飞机等)
miss your connectionIf the flight is late, we'll miss our connection.如果航班晚点,我们会错过转机。
connection tomainly UKI had to get across to the far side of the station with heavy luggage for my connection to London.
[ C ]
a transport service such as a bus route, railway station, road, or airport that makes it possible or easy to reach or travel from a place:
The advantages of living in a city include more cultural variety and better connections.
connection toThe area is highly sought after, with good connections to London and good schools.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Arrivals and departures
admittance
advent
approach
arr.
arrival
bourne
check
departure
departure for somewhere
descent
destination
entrance
entry
eta
gain admittance
inflow
influx
invasion
misconnect
misconnection

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Travelling
Closeness in distance and time

connection | American Dictionary


connection
noun[ C/U ]
us/kəˈnek·ʃən/

connectionnoun[C/U] (TRANSPORTATION)


the fact of arriving on an aircraft, train, etc., before a second vehicle, on which passengers can continue their trip, leaves:
We were delayed and missed our connection.

connectionnoun[C/U] (THINGS JOINED)


the fact of joining two things together, or two things joined together:
[ C ]a sewer connection

connectionnoun[C/U] (RELATION)


the relationship of a person, thing, or behavior to someone or something else:
[ C ]Science has not shown a connection between drinking raw milk and disease prevention.
[ U ]Two men have been arrested in connection with the theft (= in some relation to it).
[ C ]He got the job through connections (= people who helped him).

connection | Business English


connection
noun
uk /kəˈnekʃən/us
[ C ]
a relationship between two things, ideas, etc.:
connection between sth and stha study of the connection between pay and performance
[ C or U ] INTERNET, IT, COMMUNICATIONS
a way of joining users to a system, such as the internet or a phone system:
a(n) internet/broadband/wireless connection
Could you speak up, please? This is a very bad connection.
The electricity company promises connection for new customers within 48 hours.
[ C ] TRANSPORT
a plane, train, etc. that leaves at a suitable time for you to take it to continue your journey after travelling on another plane, train, etc.:
We missed our connection and had to stay overnight at an airport hotel.
 connections[ plural ]
important people who you know and who can help and advise you:
Through his father's connections he got a job with a bank in the City.
 connections[ plural ]
TRANSPORT
road, rail, etc. systems between one place and another:
Improved road and rail connections have benefited the area greatly.

Examples of connection


connection
We agree with the target article that contextual effects appear to multiply the effect of driving connections, by some factor.
In this model, object features are integrated by synchronizing connections (within-chunk integration), and different objects are segregated by fast mutual inhibition (between-pattern segregation).
In addition, a locality constraint favours the stabilisation of connections between nearby processing units.
An alteration in the method or timing of pruning long connections could disrupt specialisation in the neural selectionism approach.
According to this view, an individual concept is generated within hyper-columns by synchronizing and desynchronizing connections.
However, cell assemblies that arise through functional connections between neurons are necessary in order to represent the difference between kinds of tasks.
Such connections will require continual reevaluation into the foreseeable future.
While establishing crossscale connections is important, most of the available data correlated with human behavior and cognition is recorded at macroscopic scales.
Such fundamental connections between interference, boundary conditions, standing waves, and resonances occur throughout physical science and engineering.
Circles represent neurons, and lines, their connections (the penetrated neurons being the ones that receive activation).
Synaptic connections may contain information, in some sense of the word, but not knowledge.
All note that their models could be used to study the effects of such connections, however.
As connections from the orbitofrontal to premotor cortex are affected, that may account for concurrent occurrence of emotional and motor disturbances in these patients.
Furthermore, the right orbitofrontal cortex shows a higher density of neurons and neuronal connections, which may account for predominance of right hemispheric activation (see below).
Due to glutamatergic-mediated connections from medial temporal areas, activity in lateral orbitofrontal/prefrontal cortex may be deregulated in schizophrenia.
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Collocations withconnection


connection

These are words often used in combination with connection.

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broadband connection
We are approaching a broadbandconnection figure of 3 million.
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causal connection
Of course, this is not a causalconnection.
close connection
This latter question is likely to have a closeconnection to the understanding of the relationship between fluency and formulaic language use.
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