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单词 nexus
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Definition of nexus in English:

nexus

nounPlural nexuses ˈnɛksəsˈnɛksəs
  • 1A connection or series of connections linking two or more things.

    连接;联系;关系

    the nexus between industry and political power

    工业和政治力量的联系。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This paper explores the nexus between industrial restructuring, social capital, and occupational identity through an analysis of the changing structure of the oilpatch trucking industry.
    • Along with examining the major political issues of the day, his new column will focus on the increasingly controversial nexus between business and politics.
    • As much as any American at the time, or arguably since, Elwood Mead understood the critical land-water nexus and its centrality to the success of Zionist endeavors in Palestine.
    • And here, one of the things that we really focus on is sort of the nexus of the past and the present, and how the past has come back basically to destroy the present because of what happened then.
    • By the mid- 1990s it was recognized by all parties concerned that no tight strategic nexus would exist between Russia and the Central Asian republics.
    Synonyms
    join, junction, juncture, intersection, link, linkage, connection
    1. 1.1 A connected group or series.
      一连串
      a nexus of ideas

      一系列观点。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • This nexus of ideas continued to be her major focus, emerging again in her first book-length text on metaphysics, The Definition of the Godhead.
      • That period of artistic production is well known for its connection to a nexus of ideas about national identity, inherent African creativity, and state patronage of the arts.
      • The new economy, in short rests strongly on the old, with many start-up firms acting as suppliers or niche competitors in a nexus around the older, larger, central firms.
      • These designs are in my view extremely consistent in seeking and developing a particular nexus of ideas.
      • This nexus of problems has suddenly come into focus for me.
      Synonyms
      series, sequence, succession
  • 2A central or focal point.

    the nexus of any government in this country is No. 10

    这个国家的任何管理中枢均在十号。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a result, the nexus of America's dairy industry is shifting to such places as New Mexico and Idaho with cheap land and fewer people to complain about the smells wafting from a 5,000-cow dairy farm.
    • It had rivulets of pattern and color emerging from a central nexus.
    • London would be the nerve centre of the new Empire, a nexus.
    • With a coffee shop, conference room and shared secretarial services the centre promises to be a nexus of activity which will in turn energise the commercial life of the city.
    • The question is: should France be promoting its own artists, as Quemin wished, or should Paris be an international nexus, as the Fondation Cartier and the Centre Pompidou practise?

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, 'a binding together', from nex- 'bound', from the verb nectere.

Rhymes

plexus, Texas

Definition of nexus in US English:

nexus

nounˈneksəsˈnɛksəs
  • 1A connection or series of connections linking two or more things.

    连接;联系;关系

    the nexus between industry and political power

    工业和政治力量的联系。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This paper explores the nexus between industrial restructuring, social capital, and occupational identity through an analysis of the changing structure of the oilpatch trucking industry.
    • And here, one of the things that we really focus on is sort of the nexus of the past and the present, and how the past has come back basically to destroy the present because of what happened then.
    • Along with examining the major political issues of the day, his new column will focus on the increasingly controversial nexus between business and politics.
    • As much as any American at the time, or arguably since, Elwood Mead understood the critical land-water nexus and its centrality to the success of Zionist endeavors in Palestine.
    • By the mid- 1990s it was recognized by all parties concerned that no tight strategic nexus would exist between Russia and the Central Asian republics.
    Synonyms
    join, junction, juncture, intersection, link, linkage, connection
    1. 1.1 A connected group or series.
      一连串
      a nexus of ideas

      一系列观点。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The new economy, in short rests strongly on the old, with many start-up firms acting as suppliers or niche competitors in a nexus around the older, larger, central firms.
      • These designs are in my view extremely consistent in seeking and developing a particular nexus of ideas.
      • That period of artistic production is well known for its connection to a nexus of ideas about national identity, inherent African creativity, and state patronage of the arts.
      • This nexus of ideas continued to be her major focus, emerging again in her first book-length text on metaphysics, The Definition of the Godhead.
      • This nexus of problems has suddenly come into focus for me.
      Synonyms
      series, sequence, succession
    2. 1.2 The central and most important point or place.
      交叉点,会聚焦点,中心
      the nexus of all this activity was the disco
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It had rivulets of pattern and color emerging from a central nexus.
      • With a coffee shop, conference room and shared secretarial services the centre promises to be a nexus of activity which will in turn energise the commercial life of the city.
      • As a result, the nexus of America's dairy industry is shifting to such places as New Mexico and Idaho with cheap land and fewer people to complain about the smells wafting from a 5,000-cow dairy farm.
      • London would be the nerve centre of the new Empire, a nexus.
      • The question is: should France be promoting its own artists, as Quemin wished, or should Paris be an international nexus, as the Fondation Cartier and the Centre Pompidou practise?

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, ‘a binding together’, from nex- ‘bound’, from the verb nectere.

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