Connection
[kəˈnekʃn] or [kə'nɛkʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) shifting from one form of transportation to another; 'the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta'.
(noun.) an instrumentality that connects; 'he soldered the connection'; 'he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers'.
(noun.) a supplier (especially of narcotics).
(noun.) (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); 'he has powerful connections'.
(noun.) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); 'there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare'.
(noun.) a connecting shape.
(noun.) the state of being connected; 'the connection between church and state is inescapable'.
德洛丽丝校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.
(n.) That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
(n.) A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
(n.) The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.
手打:所罗门
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Union, alliance, junction, association, dependence.[2]. Intercourse, communication, commerce.[3]. Affinity, relationship.[4]. Kinsman, relative, relation, kindred.
手打:玛莎
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Junction, {[con]?}, junction, union, association, concatenation, relation,affinity, relevance, intercourse, communication, Unarm_an, relationship,kindred
ANT:Disconnection, disjunction, dissociation, independence, irrelevance, disunion
校對:迈拉
例句/造句/用法:
- In connection with the adoption of this lubricating system there occurred another instance of his knowledge of materials and intuitive insight into the nature of things. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He never did anything else in connection with Lloyd's that I could find out, except come back again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The effect instantly ceases when the current is interrupted by breaking connection with either pole of the battery. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- I had no connection with Bulstrode before I came here. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- They are anticipations of some continuity or connection of an activity and a consequence which has not as yet shown itself. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- I see no connection. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Shortly after he had moved to London he had been asked to investigate astringent plants in connection with tanning. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The power and efficiency of a dynamo are increased by employing the devices previously mentioned in connection with the motor. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In this connection a short anecdote may be quoted from Edison as indicative of one of the influences turning his thoughts in this direction. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But an advantageous connection, such as can be formed in consonance with dignity of views and permanency of solid interests, is not so bad--eh? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The only circumstance in connection with them that at all struck me was that the seal lay tidily in the tray with the pencils and the wax. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He is very generally regarded as the founder of modern Socialism; it was in connection with his work that the word socialism first arose (about 1835). 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It notes not only that they are connected, but the details of the connection. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Another man who was with us at Menlo Park was Mr. Herman Claudius, an Austrian, who at one time was employed in connection with the State Telegraphs of his country. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- One has no more connections here. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He really believed, that were it not for the inferiority of her connections, he should be in some danger. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Bringing these connections or implications to consciousness enhances the meaning of the experience. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Because I am bound, in the harmless character of a single man, to relieve my married connections of all their own troubles. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The feeder connections were all at the front of the building, and the general voltage control apparatus was on the floor above. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But it does not lead to new perceptions of bearings and connections; it limits rather than widens the meaning-horizon. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- So far from having high connections I have no connections at all, and I come of the scum of the earth. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- By certain changes they made in the thread carrier and connections, they were enabled to make a double looped stitch. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- She has no money, no connections, nothing that can tempt him to--she is lost for ever. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The important thing is that the fact be grasped in its social connections--its function in life. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- A maximum reading can then be made by manipulating the flexible connections, and this will show whether the two circuits are in accord. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- We may approach it, so to speak, from any one of the angles provided by its connections. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- What a character for anybody with decent connections to show himself in! 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The outer masonry walls are built around the skeleton frame, as seen in Fig. 236, and the details of connections for the floor members appear in Fig. 237. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In other words, what he learns are connections. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
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