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1. N-COUNT If there is a link between two things or situations, there is a relationship between them, for example, because one thing causes or affects the other. 关系

...the link between smoking and lung cancer. …吸烟和肺癌之间的关系。

2. V-T If someone or something links two things or situations, there is a relationship between them, for example, because one thing causes or affects the other. 使联系起来

The U.N. Security Council has linked any lifting of sanctions to compliance with the ceasefire terms. 联合国安全理事会将任何制裁的解除与遵守停火条款联系起来。

The study further strengthens the evidence linking smoking with early death. 这项研究进一步加强了联系吸烟与早亡的证据。

3. N-COUNT A link between two things or places is a physical connection between them. 连接物

...the railway link between Boston and New York. …波士顿与纽约之间的铁路连接线。

Drivers ran into a field of weeds at the state border, where no link with the neighbouring state had yet been planned. 司机们闯入了州界处一块杂草丛生的原野，在那里还没有计划修建连接邻州的道路。

4. V-T If two places or objects are linked or something links them, there is a physical connection between them. 连接

...the Rama Road, which links the capital, Managua, with the Caribbean coast. …连接首都马那瓜与加勒比海岸的拉玛公路。

Seven miles of track were installed to link the hotel to the golf course. 七英里的轨道被铺设来连接宾馆和高尔夫球场。

5. N-COUNT A link between two people, organizations, or places is a friendly or business connection between them. 关系

Kiev hopes to cement close links with Bonn. 基辅希望巩固与波恩之间的密切关系。

In 1984 the long link between AC Cars and the Hurlock family was severed. 1984年AC汽车公司与赫洛克家族间的长期关系中断了。

6. N-COUNT A link to another person or organization is something that allows you to communicate with them or have contact with them. 联系

She was my only link with the past. 她是我和过去的惟一联系。

The Red Cross was created to provide a link between soldiers in battle and their families at home. 红十字会被创立来为前线士兵与其家乡的亲人之间提供联系。

7. V-T If you link one person or thing to another, you claim that there is a relationship or connection between them. 认为…有关联

Criminologist Dr. Ann Jones has linked the crime to social circumstances. 犯罪学家安·琼斯博士认为这起犯罪与社会环境有关。

They've linked her with various men, including magnate Donald Trump. 他们认为她和多个男人有关系，包括巨头唐纳德·特朗普。

8. N-COUNT In computing, a link is a connection between different documents, or between different parts of the same document, using hypertext. 链接

Available in English, French, German and Italian, it has links to other relevant tourism sites. 它有可供阅读的英文、法文、德文和意大利文版本，也有通向其它相关旅游网站的链接。

9. V-T Link is also a verb. 链接

Certainly, Andreessen didn't think up using hypertext to link Internet documents. 当然，安德森并没想到用超文本链接互联网文档。

10. N-COUNT A link is one of the rings in a chain. (链的) 环

...a chain of heavy gold links. …一串沉重的金链环。

11. V-T If you link one thing with another, you join them by putting one thing through the other. 将…套在一起

She linked her arm through his. 她用自己的胳膊挽住他的胳膊。

12. N (formerly) a torch used to light dark streets (旧时火把式的)街灯

13. PHRASE If two or more people link arms, or if one person links arms with another, they stand next to each other, and each person puts their arm around the arm of the person next to them. 挽着胳膊

It was so slippery that some of the walkers linked arms and proceeded very carefully. 地太滑了，所以一些行人挽着胳膊小心翼翼地前行。

14. →see also linkup