n.(名词)

1. 联系；关系；关联
2. 连接；联结，结合
3. 亲戚，旁系亲属
4. 接头，联络
5. 联运
6. 连接点
7. 转车，转机
8. 熟人
9. 接通
10. 有社交或业务关系的人

n.(名词)

1. [U]连接,联结 the act of connecting
2. [C]联系; 关系 the state of being connected; relationship
3. [C]连接点; 连接物 sth that connects
4. [P]熟人,业务上的客户 person whom one knows socially or through business

Noun:

1. 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"
   

2. the state of being connected;

   "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
   

3. an instrumentality that connects;

   "he soldered the connection"
   "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
   

4. (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"
   

5. the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;

   "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
   

6. a connecting shape

7. a supplier (especially of narcotics)

8. shifting from one form of transportation to another;

   "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
   

9. the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication);

   "the joining of hands around the table"
   "there was a connection via the internet"
   

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 connexion

1.关系;联系
Aconnection is a relationship between two things, people, or groups.

e.g. There was no evidence of aconnection between BSE and the brain diseases recently confirmed in cats...
没有证据表明疯牛病与最近确诊的猫类脑病有关联。
e.g. The police say he had noconnection with the security forces...
警方说他与安全部队没有关系。

2.(电线或管道的)连接部分，接头
Aconnection is a joint where two wires or pipes are joined together.

e.g. Check all radiators for small leaks, especially round pipework connections.
检查所有的暖气片，看有没有小裂缝，尤其是管道连接处附近。

3.(公路、铁路或空中的)交通连接，交通线
If a place has good road, rail, or airconnections, many places can be directly reached from there by car, train, or plane.

e.g. Fukuoka has excellent air and rail connections to the rest of the country.
福冈与国内其他城市之间有非常便捷的空运和铁路运输系统。

4.联运;转车;转机
If you get aconnection at a station or airport, you catch a train, bus, or plane, after getting off another train, bus, or plane, in order to continue your journey.

connection

e.g. My flight was late and I missed theconnection.
航班晚点，我没赶上转机。

5.关系;人脉
Yourconnections are the people who you know or are related to, especially when they are in a position to help you.

e.g. She used her connections to full advantage.
她充分利用了自己的人脉。

6.关于;与…有关
If you write or talk to someonein connection with something, you write or talk to them about that thing.

e.g. I am writing inconnection with Michael Shower's letter...
关于迈克尔·肖尔的来信，现复信如下。
e.g. 13 men have been questioned inconnection with the murder.
有13名男子因谋杀案受到盘问。

7.关于这/那一点;在这/那方面
You sayin this connection orin that connection to indicate that what you are talking about is related to what you have just mentioned.

e.g. It is the 100th anniversary of his death. We here are having very great celebrations in thisconnection.
今天是他逝世100周年纪念日，我们为此在这里举行盛大的纪念活动。

1. 联接：当您的计算机和一台远程计算机建立联接(connection)时,各种对话随之产生. 其中最常见的一种是TCP/IP的三次握手方式,对方可在三次握手过程中得知您主机的IP地址.

Scientists have established a connection between cholesterol levels and heart disease.

科学家已证实胆固醇含量与心脏病之间有关联。

a direct'/close'/strong connection with sth

与某事有直接的 / 密切的 / 牢固的联系

How did you make the connection (= realize that there was a connection between two facts that did not seem to be related) ?

你怎么看出来有这种关系的？

connection to the gas supply was delayed for three days.

接通煤气延迟了三天。

I'm having problems with my Internet connection.

我的互联网连接有问题。

A faulty connection caused the machine to stop.

线路接错导致机器停止运转。

We arrived in good time for the connection to Paris.

我们到达时有充分的时间接上去巴黎的联运。

There are good bus and train connections between the resort and major cities.

在度假胜地与主要城市之间有着便利的汽车和火车运输。

One of my business connections gave them my name.

我生意上的一个关系户向他们提供了我的名字。

She is British but also has German connections.

她是英国人，但也有德国亲戚。

A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of the teenager.

一名男子因与该谋杀少年案有关而被捕。

I am writing to you in connection with your recent job application.

我写此信与你最近求职一事有关。

There was no evidence of a connection between BSE and the brain diseases recently confirmed in cats...

没有证据表明疯牛病与最近确诊的猫类脑病有关联。

The police say he had no connection with the security forces...

警方说他与安全部队没有关系。

Check all radiators for small leaks, especially round pipework connections.

检查所有的暖气片，看有没有小裂缝，尤其是管道连接处附近。

Fukuoka has excellent air and rail connections to the rest of the country.

福冈与国内其他城市之间有非常便捷的空运和铁路运输系统。

My flight was late and I missed the connection.

航班晚点，我没赶上转机。

She used her connections to full advantage.

她充分利用了自己的人脉。

I am writing in connection with Michael Shower's letter...

关于迈克尔·肖尔的来信，现复信如下。

13 men have been questioned in connection with the murder.

有13名男子因谋杀案受到盘问。

It is the 100th anniversary of his death. We here are having very great celebrations in this connection.

今天是他逝世100周年纪念日，我们为此在这里举行盛大的纪念活动。

Hello everyone, today I will introduce the U.S. are Yamaguchi.

大家好, 今天我将为大家介绍的是山口胜平.

A man is being questioned in connection with the robbery.

一名男子就那起抢劫案接受查问.

1. How long will the connection of the telephone take?
   接通电话需要多长时间?
2. The company has connections with a number of American firms.
   这家公司与许多美国公司有往来。
3. He heard about it through one of his connections.
   他通过一个客户知道了这件事。
4. He'll get the job—he has all the right connections.
   他会得到那个职位的,因为他有各种管用的关系。

动词+～

• connection">break〔cut〕 a connection切断联系
• connection">establish〔form, make〕 a connection建立联系
• connection%20with%20sb">have a connection with sb与某人有联系

形容词+～

• connection">close connection密切的关系
• connection">loose connection松散的联系
• connection">logical connection逻辑上的联系
• connection">outside connection(电话)外线

名词+～

• connections">business connections商业联系
• connection">parallel connection并联
• connection">series connection串联

• This connection of the former and present buds by ramifying branches.

  出自：C. Darwin

• The connection of Church and State.

  出自：J. Bryce

n.(名词)

1. connection的基本意思是“连接,联结”,引申可指“联系,关系”“连接点; 连接物”。还可指“熟人,业务上的客户”,作此解有时含贬义,且常用复数形式。