nexus
/ˈneksəs/noun
(复同单, 或nexuses)
1- a 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。
1.1
- a connected group or series一连串：
a nexus of ideas.
一系列观点。
1.2
- the central and most important point or place交叉点, 会聚焦点, 中心：
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。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin, 'a binding together', from nex- 'bound', from the verb nectere.