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chain CONNECTED THINGStFeInn [C]a set of connected or related things一连串, 一系列a mountain chain一条山脉She has built up a chain of 180 bookshops across the country.她在全国各地开办了连锁书店，共有180家。We witnessed a remarkable chain of events in eastern Europe in 1989.我们目睹了1989年在东欧发生的一系列值得注意的事件。A chain letter is a letter promising or asking for something, such as money, which is sent to several people who are each asked to send copies to several others, and which sometimes threatens that bad things will happen if they do not send these copies.连锁信（要求收信人看过后复写一定份数，再分寄给其他人，以此不断持续以扩大收信人范围）A chain reaction is a set of related events in which each event causes the next one.连锁反应，链式反应The explosion crushes the plutonium, thereby increasing its density and starting the chain reaction of nuclear fission.爆炸粉碎了钚，因而增强了其密度并引发了核裂变的连锁反应。The war risked setting off a perilous chain reaction that would endanger the whole of the world.这场战争是场冒险，它可能引发危险的连锁反应而威胁到全世界的安全。A person who chain-smokes or is a chain-smoker smokes almost continuously, often lighting one cigarette from the end of the previous one.一支接一支抽烟Joan's under a lot of pressure these days--she's been chain-smoking ever since her divorce.这些日子琼的压力很大，她自从离婚后就一支接一支地抽烟。A chain store is (one of) a group of shops which belongs to a single company, has the same appearance and sells similar goods.连锁店The chain stores are driving the small family-run shops out of business.连锁店正在把家庭经营的小型商店挤出商业界。He works for one of the major chain stores.他为一家大型连锁店工作。
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