(1)连接(系);接通;联想(act of connecting)[U]：the～of the telephone电话的接通;the～of the house pipes (to the water supply)房内水管(与水源的)连接;the～between the throttle and the carburettor 节气阀门与汽化器的连接;It took us a long time to make the～between his disappearance and hers.我们过了好长时间才把他的失踪与她的失踪联想在一起。〖同〗fastening，link;〖反〗disconnection;

(2)关(联)系(association;relationship)[C][N(between)，N(with/to)]：the～between crime and poverty/smoking and lung cancer/contents and form/the sun and the seasons犯罪与贫穷/抽烟与肺癌/内容与形式/太阳与季节的关系;There is no～between the two ideas/two incidents/two events.这两个主意/事故/事件之间没有联系。(morality) have～with religious belief(道德)与宗教信仰有关;(sb's dismissal) have no～with the quality of his work (某人被解雇)与他的工作质量无关;(sb)have no～with the case(某人)与那案件无关;have～s with many people/many companies与许多人/公司有联系;His～with the family is slight.他与家人的关系似有若无。family～s家庭关系;〖同〗 relation，relationship，association; 〖反〗dissociation;

(3)连接物(anything that connects or joins)[C]：a bad telephone～电话连线不好;The～between the two wires was loose.两条线的连接松开了。The～to the lamp is faulty.电灯的接线错了。a faulty～in the fuse box保险盒里的错误连线;There are excellent road and rail(way)～between the two cities/with the coast. 两个城市间的/通往海岸的道路与铁路交通非常便利。

(4)转乘的交通工具;转(车，机)(train，plane，bus，etc timed to take passengers arriv-ing by another one;or an example of the act of transferring from one vehicle to another to continue journey)[C]：I missed my～in/to London.我没能在伦敦转成车(机)/没有转成去伦敦的车(机)。make a～at New York for Boston在纽约转车(机)去波士顿;

(5)关系，有关系的人(associate，or acquaintance with whom one has a working relationship)[C，通常 pl]：have many important/influential/good～s 有许多重要的/有影响的/不错的朋友;hear about sth through a business～通过一客户听说某事;〖同〗friend，associate，acquaintance;〖反〗 stranger;

(6)亲戚(person connected to others as by family;relatives)[C，通常pl]：They have the same last name as ours but are not～s of ours.他们与我们是一个姓，但不是我们的亲戚。〖同〗relative，relation;

←con′nect v;

in this/that connection 关于这/那：This is all I can say in that～.关于那点我只能说这些。

in connection with 关于：They had so much to do in～with their unions.他们有许多与他们的工会有关的事情要做。talk to sb in～with his job application与某人谈他的求职申请;make inquiries in～with a robbery 就一抢劫事件进行调查