1a connection between A and B;a connection with/to sth an association or relationship between two or more people or things 关联;关系:
Is there any connection between the two organizations?这两个组织之间是否有关联呢?What's your connection with Brazil? Have you worked there?你跟巴西有什么关系?你是不是在那里工作过?
2 a place where two wires, pipes, etc join together (两根电线、管子等的)接合点,接合面:
The radio doesn't work. There must be a loose connection somewhere.这收音机不响了。一定是哪里接头松了。
3 a bus, train, plane, etc that leaves soon after another arrives (提供中转服务的)联运交通工具:
Our bus was late so we missed our connection.我们的公共汽车误点了,赶不上接乘的班车。
in connection with sb/sth(formal 正式) about or concerning 关于;有关:
I am writing to you in connection with your application.有关你的申请,现回复如下。in this/that connection(formal 正式) about or concerning this/that 关于这╱那方面
connection/kəˋnɛkʃən; kəˈnekʃ$n/n 1 [C,U] a relationship between things 联系﹔关联: +between the connection between smoking and cancer 吸烟与癌症的联系+with/to Does this have any connection with the project? 这与那个计划有关吗?the close connection between opera and poetry 歌剧与诗的密切关系2 [C] a piece of wire or metal joining two parts of a machine together or to an electrical system〔连接机器或电力系统的〕接头3 [C,U] when two or more machines or telephones are joined together or joined to a larger system, using an electrical connection〔通过电的〕连接: free Internet connection 免费的因特网连接+to The socket allows connection to a PC. 这个插座可以连接电脑。4 [C] a plane, train etc that is arranged so that people from an earlier plane, train etc can use it 衔接飞机[火车等]: I missed my connection. 我没赶上中转的飞机[火车]。5 in connection with sth concerning something 关于[有关]某事物: Police are questioning a man in connection with the crime. 警方正在盘查一名涉案男子。6 connections [plural 复数] people you know who can help you, especially because they are in positions of power〔能够帮你的〕人脉: He has connections in high places. 他有大人物照应。
connectionconnectionconnectionsnoun1the way that one thing is joined or related to another: We had a bad connection on the phone so I couldn't hear him very well. Is there a connection between violence on TV and crime?2a train, plane or bus that leaves a place soon after another arrives, so that people can change from one to the other: The train was late, so I missed my connection.in connection with something (formal) about something: A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of the teenager.