Connection

(noun.) shifting from one form of transportation to another; 'the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta'.

(noun.) an instrumentality that connects; 'he soldered the connection'; 'he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers'.

(noun.) a supplier (especially of narcotics).

(noun.) (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); 'he has powerful connections'.

(noun.) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); 'there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare'.

(noun.) a connecting shape.

(noun.) the state of being connected; 'the connection between church and state is inescapable'.

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• In connection with the adoption of this lubricating system there occurred another instance of his knowledge of materials and intuitive insight into the nature of things. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He never did anything else in connection with Lloyd's that I could find out, except come back again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The effect instantly ceases when the current is interrupted by breaking connection with either pole of the battery. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• I had no connection with Bulstrode before I came here. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• They are anticipations of some continuity or connection of an activity and a consequence which has not as yet shown itself. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I see no connection. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Shortly after he had moved to London he had been asked to investigate astringent plants in connection with tanning. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The power and efficiency of a dynamo are increased by employing the devices previously mentioned in connection with the motor. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In this connection a short anecdote may be quoted from Edison as indicative of one of the influences turning his thoughts in this direction. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But an advantageous connection, such as can be formed in consonance with dignity of views and permanency of solid interests, is not so bad--eh? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The only circumstance in connection with them that at all struck me was that the seal lay tidily in the tray with the pencils and the wax. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He is very generally regarded as the founder of modern Socialism; it was in connection with his work that the word socialism first arose (about 1835). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It notes not only that they are connected, but the details of the connection. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Another man who was with us at Menlo Park was Mr. Herman Claudius, an Austrian, who at one time was employed in connection with the State Telegraphs of his country. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• One has no more connections here. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He really believed, that were it not for the inferiority of her connections, he should be in some danger. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Bringing these connections or implications to consciousness enhances the meaning of the experience. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Because I am bound, in the harmless character of a single man, to relieve my married connections of all their own troubles. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The feeder connections were all at the front of the building, and the general voltage control apparatus was on the floor above. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But it does not lead to new perceptions of bearings and connections; it limits rather than widens the meaning-horizon. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• So far from having high connections I have no connections at all, and I come of the scum of the earth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• By certain changes they made in the thread carrier and connections, they were enabled to make a double looped stitch. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• She has no money, no connections, nothing that can tempt him to--she is lost for ever. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• The important thing is that the fact be grasped in its social connections--its function in life. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• A maximum reading can then be made by manipulating the flexible connections, and this will show whether the two circuits are in accord. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• We may approach it, so to speak, from any one of the angles provided by its connections. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• What a character for anybody with decent connections to show himself in! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The outer masonry walls are built around the skeleton frame, as seen in Fig. 236, and the details of connections for the floor members appear in Fig. 237. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In other words, what he learns are connections. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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