1Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

电极被连接到录音设备上。

1. 1.1 Join together so as to provide access and communication.
   连接以供通行（或交通）
   all the buildings are connected by underground passages

   所有的大楼都由地下通道连接在一起。

   no object the highway connects with major routes from all parts of the country

   这条高速公路和国内各地的主干线相连。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The pool is more like a shared open space that connects the two families, but privacy is maintained by the use of the wall screen.
   • In 1958, for example, there was universal praise for the building of the Mackinac Bridge which connects the lower and upper peninsulas in Michigan.
   • Much international misunderstanding will disappear when all the islands of mankind are connected together with the bridges of communication technology.
   • Columns ran along both the front and the back to hold up the crosswalks overhead that connected the two dayclass buildings on either side.
   • Padding from the bathroom, I opened the door that connected their two rooms, entering the den of the sleeping dragon.
   • She pointed to the door which connected the two bedrooms.
   • The current wall separating the Great Hall and the Multi-Purpose Room is going to be removed and replaced with sliding doors to better connect the two rooms.
   • Currently, the group monitors and controls more than 60 buildings, which are connected together by a process control network.
   • Inside, a skylit atrium runs the full length of the building, connecting its richly complex spaces.
   • He cast his eye to the door that connected the two rooms and shook his head.
   • The ghost corridor is a walkway area through each lab that connects with a door allowing movement from one lab to another.
   • New parts are housed in three blocks organized in a semi-circle around a node that connects with the existing building.
   • If you can, you may want to build a cat door and connect a special little runway for your kitty that goes straight to his or her outdoor enclosure.
   • She wasn't very successful, however, as the wooden door that connected the two rooms was made of very thick wood.
   • Cobwebs cover the door connecting No 10 to No 11.
   • Although the cages acted as windows to his goal, there was no obvious door connecting the two areas.
   • Three existing buildings needed to be connected through a central circulation space.
   • The word ‘bridge’ in this community's name comes from the corridors and bridges that connect the seven buildings.
   • The two buildings will be connected by an underground rail link and the tubular passageways, one of which will be rebuilt to accommodate a moving walkway.
   • Olivia led her sister to the smallest of a cluster of gothic inspired buildings that were connected by a courtyard.
2. 1.2 Link to a power or water supply.
   与电源（或供水系统）相连接；通电；通水
   your house is connected to the main cable TV network

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   • A remote Dales village which has never been connected to a mains water supply has been linked up to a moorland spring.
   • Barnsley Council says it did not plant the device, and mystery grew because it did not appear to have been connected to a power supply or transmitter.
   • However, it is hoped the new unit, unlike the current one, would be connected to sewage and water utilities.
   • It will be connected to the main supply in the summer.
   • The water supply was to be connected to the city water mains.
   • Even in Aberdeenshire, some communities have only recently been connected to the mains supply for the first time.
   • It will take decades of economic growth before any great number of them can expect to be connected to a national power grid, or urban-style running water.
   • Overseas readers of this site may be unaware that most houses in Bermuda are not connected to a mains water supply.
   • They are less likely than the well-off to be connected to mains water supplies and pay on average 12 times more per litre.
   • The property has freehold title, is connected to the public water scheme and electricity supply and has a phone line.
   • Since the overwhelming majority of us are connected to the electricity grid, gas mains or both, the scourge of indoor air pollution is not a killer.
   • Lead-acid batteries are nowadays helping the two billion persons not connected to any power supply.
   • The units may or may not be connected to a larger power grid.
   • Several new houses in the village had been connected to the new supply but were not being charged.
   • Schemes with a sub-standard supply will be connected to the public water supply networks.
   • The researchers have so far used the technique to make simple organic LED arrays that display images when connected to a power supply, as well as power-generating solar cells.
3. 1.3 Put (someone) into contact by telephone.
   用电话联系（某人）
   I was quickly connected to the police

   我很快用电话联系上了警察。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The operator connected me with a man named Tim in sales.
   • The operator connected me to a service representative.
   • Eventually we were connected to Her Majesty's press office.
   • Also, when I dial 999 I am connected to Wakefield whose staff haven't a clue where I am or what I am talking about.
   • She took out her cell phone and called information, and was soon connected to the power company, who put her on hold for 45 minutes.
   • There was a faint click and buzz as the operator connected me to his room, followed by several rings before he picked up.
   • She entered the number her father had written on the card and was connected to the real site.
4. 1.4no object (of a train, bus, aircraft, etc.) be timed to arrive at its destination before another train, aircraft, etc., departs so that passengers can transfer from one to the other.
   （火车、公共汽车、飞机等）接续，衔接；联运
   the bus connects with trains from Union Station

   这部公共汽车与温德米尔车站开出的火车衔接。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • At that point buses can connect to the rest of Richmond.
   • This is too early, but happens to be the only ferry that connects with a bus, so we'll leave that be and grumble quietly.
   • The airport is a couple hours outside the city, so the bus that connects to this specific flight leaves at 3 am.
   • We do need to ensure that the train connects to the Larkspur ferries and that enough bus and shuttle connections are included in the plan.
   • The local bus connects with the Galway bus in Tubbercurry and meets again on the return journey.
   • We have close to 900 airplanes, so we are connecting them at hubs, 50 airplanes connecting to 50 other airplanes.
   • This bus connects to not only Train 92 northbound, but also Train 97 southbound.
   • There has been some confusion regarding the Wednesday bus service that connects with the Galway bus for day trips to Galway or Knock.
   • You don't need to get a transfer ticket as the train connects to the bus station.
   • The town is on the Furness line - a scenic coastal route - and within easy reach is the Lakeland and Haverthwaite Railway, which connects with cruises from the southern tip of Windermere.
5. 1.5 Associate or relate in some respect.
   联系；结合；与…有关系
   employees are rewarded with bonuses connected to their firm's performance

   雇员们可获得与其公司业绩相联系的奖金。

   a variety of physical complaints connected with stress

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   • The central incident of the play is doubtless connected with the celebration of the death of the year and its resurrection in the spring.
   • The report said that almost half of all the disputes were connected with motor and household insurance.
   • Learning experience is enhanced when students feel that they are connected with an endeavor that is respected in the college.
   • As it happens, this point is closely connected with an important, and somewhat exotic, constitutional principle.
   • The haul is connected with two previous seizures, a two kilo heroin haul last May, when one person was arrested, and a six kilo heroin haul in April, when six were arrested.
   • It is intimately connected with egotism, vanity, and spite: at its worst it becomes indistinguishable from full-blown pride.
   • I think the issue at hand is really the necessity for designers to understand and be aware of the associations our visuals are connected to.
   • If meaning was closely connected with sense-experiences, it was hard to see what experiences could confirm or disconfirm the existence of a God.
   • The date was chosen not because it was connected with the birth of Jesus, but because it was the Roman festival of Natalis Invicti, which marked the birth of the sun.
   • We narrowed it down to a range of issues which we feel are connected with what the Pope himself would like to say in his next encyclical about the relationship between capital and labour in a globalised world.
   • A ratio higher than 1 in a product group is connected with a comparative advantage.
   • The reason American popular culture dominates the globe is connected with the fact that the US is currently the most powerful nation, economically and militarily, on earth.
   • The damage and assault charges were connected with that incident when the shopkeeper locked the door, brought out a baseball bat and there was a fracas, he said.
   • He believes that the revival of the west is not just about economics, politics and policies, it is also connected with regaining our spiritual roots.
   • The three independent stories are connected with a quarrel between the couple.
   • And whatever personal plans we may conceive, each of us knows that they are directly connected with the welfare and successes of our Russia.
   • Salary requirements are negotiable and are directly connected to what you bring to the table.
   • They've been married for fourteen years, and this trip is connected with some incident that occurred while they were dating.
   • By the eighteenth century, masculine chastity was closely connected with one's respectability and membership among the middling sorts.
   • The timing of the raids was brought forward in the wake of the publicity over the perceived threat to US financial institutions, although the arrests were not connected with that threat.

   Synonyms

   associate, link, couple
6. 1.6 Think of as being linked or related.
   认为有关；使联系
   I didn't connect the two incidents at the time

   我那时并没有把这两件事联系起来。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I connected the ideas pretty quickly and once I explained the phenomenon to those around me, we all felt better.
   • I connected these thoughts with the words of David, when he longed for a drink of the well at Bethlehem.
   • We expected students to connect related concepts and label the links that represent the relationships between concepts precisely.
   • I connected those ideas inappropriately.
   • Studies have connected reduced calorie diet to longer life for 75 years, but genetics is now explaining it.
7. 1.7 (of a thing) provide or have a link or relationship with (someone or something)
   （事物）（使）与（某人，某事）有关系
   there was no evidence to connect Jeff with the theft

   没有证据证明杰斐逊与此窃案有关。

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   • Well obviously the themes I'm interested in now are more connected to [real] life and human experience.
   • This interestingly connects up with the mp3 debate currently raging in the comments below because in many ways the cost of producing a universe is that your characters become public property.
   • The discretion to deprive a successful litigant of costs is one which must be exercised judicially and upon proper material connected with the case.
   • Nonetheless, they provided the missing link that connected a flailing Wild West show tradition with the Western movie industry.
   • We were showing them that the Bible could be connected to the real world.
   • The organisation was not connected with the farm though.
   • Each crime that is correctly connected to a real perpetrator is a crime that is unlikely to involve a prosecution of an innocent.
   • Further, the closely related Nemertodermatida provide a connecting link to more conventional bilaterian designs.
   • They provide the connecting fabric that links us together as Canadians.
   • A man thought to be connected to the series of scams is being held in custody and is due to be questioned by Avon and Somerset police.
   • First, he wonders how natural selection connects up with mental development.
   • For how can we really connect with what is not also connected with our daily lives?
   • I would agree with that and think it connects up with what you are asking, only with the proviso that it is not a sudden reinvention.
8. 1.8no object Form a relationship or feel an affinity.
   使有关联；成为姻亲，联姻
   I taught in a reading program and I connected with kids individually

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   • The idea is to let people build their own family tree, explore family history and potentially connect with living relatives.
   • This helped them to connect with the students and to develop relationships as trusted mentors, tutors, role models, counselors, and advocates.
   • From the hub, flights to Manchester, England expand the commitment to Caribbean nationals wanting to connect with relatives in Europe.
   • For musicians, the ringtone also presents an irresistible opportunity to connect with fans.
   • Do you think he can meet your test and connect with voters in the South and in the border States in the general election?
   • What data in your digital profile would make it possible for you to more easily find relevant media, and to connect with others with whom you share affinities?
   • Coming to the conference is a unique opportunity to meet and connect with other members of the photographic community.
   • They offer framers an opportunity to connect with their customers, create a fun atmosphere and have greater control over their profits.
   • Even today, opportunities to connect with other African Americans are few.
   • For those who did attend, however, the opportunities to learn and connect with like-minded professionals were still strong and diverse.
   • The history of the church proves that if we connect with others, meet them where they are, we just might save ourselves.
   • Shortened lengths of stay in hospitals can lead to clinicians' feelings of unfamiliarity with patients or not having the opportunity to connect with patients.
   • At the same time, it is an opportunity to connect with others.
   • Fathers' narrative accounts are explored to illustrate particular ways in which men may connect with their children to foster better relationships.
   • We don't see their interactions with other people very much, so we don't really know if they actually appear to connect with everyone they meet on that level, or if it is as magical and possibly once in a lifetime as it appears.
   • The centrality of relationships, as the environments invite explorers to connect with one another
   • Then events occur that show them that they can connect with a significant number of like-minded others.
   • He still had his Mom, Suzan, but he didn't connect with her like he connected with his Dad.
   • Is it not essentially about relationships, about how we connect with God, others, self and nature?
   • In fact, the city's small airport affords her the opportunity to connect with local political and business leaders at a moment's notice.
9. 1.9informal no object (of a blow) hit the intended target.
   〈非正式〉（击打）击中目标
   the blow connected and he felt a burst of pain

   他被打中了，感到一阵疼痛。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • That blow was delivered but it connected on a very unexpected target.
   • My left arm connects again with his left, stopping the blow dead, but I'm not stopping.
   • The blow connected, and the metal against metal sound rang through the chill night air and died off as the crowd's various murmurs and catcalls fell silent.
   • His fall was postponed just long enough for the first blow to connect with his right side, lifting him off his feet for an instant.
   • The blow did not connect of course, for the monk caught the fist with his hands almost reflexively, but it was not the end.
   • He returned with a low slash under the shield of his opponent, the blow connected with his enemy's midsection with a loud thunk.
   • Splashes and booms followed, but no shells connected with their intended target.
   • Caleb felt the blow connect with several ribs and knew if he sustained another one in the same spot the ribs would break for sure.
   • When the blow connected to the place right above his temple, Brad lurched to the side, landing hard on the floor, and not moving.
   • The heavy blow connected solidly, throwing the blond man to the floor.
   • The slugs connected to their target, spinning it around, and nearly knocking it from the sky.
   • It is one thing to be able to connect on an inanimate target at a known distance from a solid target shooting position.
   • The next blow connected to her ribs and she gasped in pain.
   • He ducked the blow and countered it, his own fist connecting with my jaw and his knee finding its way to my stomach.
   • When a blow connects which would have knocked him out were he not wearing his suit, he signals his surrender, and the fight is won.
   • The heavy blow connected, catching her off guard.
   • The assassin leaped up high into the night sky with his right foot extended towards his foe on the way down - truly an incapacitating blow if it connected with flesh.
   • His arm came down hard and fast but it never connected with its intended target.
   • If he had connected he would have knocked his intended target into next week, and the resulting brawl would have been even uglier than the later incidents we did get to see.
   • After a few more seconds, she connected with a blow to my left arm, cutting it deeply.

   Synonyms

   hit, strike, slap, smack, crack, bang, connect with, contact