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CET4TEM4考研CET6中高频词基本词汇

英 [lɪŋk] 美[lɪŋk]

释义

n. [计] 链环，环节；联系，关系

vt. 连接，连结；联合，结合

vi. 连接起来；联系在一起；将人或物连接或联系起来

n. (Link)人名；(英、德、塞、捷、匈、瑞典)林克

词态变化

复数: links;第三人称单数: links;过去式: linked;过去分词: linked;现在分词: linking;

近义词

join connect combine together bridge unite put couple

中文词源

link 关联，联系

来自PIE*kleng,弯，转，来自PIE*klei,弯，转，倾斜，词源同lean,incline.引申词义关联，联系。

英文词源

link: link: [14] Link goes back ultimately to prehistoric Germanic *khlangkjaz, whose underlying meaning element was ‘bending’ (it also has close relatives in English flank [12], flinch [16], and lank [OE]). ‘Bending’ implies ‘joints’ and ‘links’, and this is the meaning which is the word is presumed to have had when it passed into Old Norse as *hlenkr – from which English acquired link.There is, incidentally, no etymological connection with the now obsolete link ‘torch’ [16], which may have come via medieval Latin linchinus from Greek lúkhnos ‘lamp’, nor with the links on which golf is played, which goes back to Old English hlincas, the plural of hlinc ‘rising ground, ridge’.
=> flank, flinch, lank
link (n.): early 15c., "one of a series of rings or loops which form a chain; section of a cord," probably from Old Norse *hlenkr or a similar Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse hlekkr "link," Old Swedish lænker "chain, link," Norwegian lenke, Danish lænke), from Proto-Germanic *khlink- (cognates: German lenken "to bend, turn, lead," gelenk "articulation, joint, link," Old English hlencan (plural) "armor"), from PIE root *kleng- "to bend, turn." Missing link between man and apes dates to 1880.
link (v.): "bind, fasten, to couple," late 14c., believed to be from link (n.), though it is attested earlier. Related: Linked; linking.
link (n.2): "torch," 1520s, of uncertain origin, possibly from Medieval Latin linchinus, from lichinus "wick," from Greek lykhnos "portable light, lamp."

双语例句

1. He suggested a link between class size and test results of seven-year-olds.: 他认为7岁大的学生的测试分数和班级的规模有关系。

2. Something must have gone wrong with the satellite link.: 卫星连接一定出了毛病。

3. There's a good British Rail link at Clapham Junction.: 在克拉珀姆枢纽站有条很不错的英国铁路线。

4. The study also demonstrated a direct link between obesity and mortality.: 该研究还表明了肥胖症和死亡率之间存在直接的联系。

5. They have yet to break the link with the trade unions.: 他们还必须断绝与工会组织的联系。

英英释意

1. the means of connection between things linked in series

2. a fastener that serves to join or link;: "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"

3. the state of being connected;: "the connection between church and state is inescapable"

4. a connecting shape

5. a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain

6. (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

7. a channel for communication between groups;: "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

8. a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network

9. an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data

实用场景例句

Police suspect there may be a link between the two murders.: 警方怀疑那两桩凶杀案可能有关联。

evidence for a strong causal link between exposure to sun and skin cancer: 太阳曝晒与皮肤癌之间有紧密因果关系的证据

to establish trade links with Asia: 与亚洲建立贸易关系

Social customs provide a vital link between generations.: 社会风俗在代与代之间起到了极其重要的纽带作用。

a high-speed rail link: 高速的铁路交通

a link road: 连接道路

a video link: 视频线路

The speech was broadcast via a satellite link .: 这次演讲是通过卫星播放的。

To visit similar websites to this one, click on the links at the bottom of the page.: 要访问与这个网站类似的网站，点击网页底部的链接。

The video cameras are linked to a powerful computer.: 这些摄像机是与一台功能强大的计算机相连接的。

The Channel Tunnel links Britain with the rest of Europe.: 英吉利海峡隧道把英国和欧洲其他国家连接起来了。

When computers are networked, they are linked together so that information can be transferred between them.: 计算机联网连接，即彼此可互传信息。

Exposure to ultraviolet light is closely linked to skin cancer.: 受紫外线照射与皮肤癌紧密相关。

The two factors are directly linked .: 这两个因素直接联系在一起。

The personal and social development of the child are inextricably linked (= they depend on each other) .: 儿童在自身和与人交往两方面的成长是相辅相成的。

...the link between smoking and lung cancer.: 吸烟与胃癌之间的关联

The UN Security Council has linked any lifting of sanctions to compliance with the ceasefire terms...: 联合国安全理事会将取消制裁与遵守停火协议挂钩。

The study further strengthens the evidence linking smoking with early death...: 这项研究进一步证实了吸烟与早逝之间的联系。

...the high-speed rail link between London and the Channel Tunnel...: 伦敦与海峡隧道间的高速铁路连接线

The new road schemes include a link between Chelmsford and the M25...: 新的道路规划中包括了一条切姆斯福德与M25号高速公路的连接线。

...the Rama Road, which links the capital, Managua, with the Caribbean coast...: 连接首都马那瓜和加勒比海岸的拉马路

The campus is linked by regular bus services to Coventry.: 校园与考文垂之间由班车连接起来。

Kiev hopes to cement close links with Bonn...: 基辅希望能加强与波恩的密切关系。

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长久以来的关系破裂了。

She was my only link with the past...: 她是我与过去的唯一纽带。

The Red Cross was created to provide a link between soldiers in battle and their families at home...: 红十字会是作为前线士兵和后方家人的一种联系方式而创立起来的。

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

They've linked her with various men, including magnate Donald Trump.: 他们把她与不同的男人扯上关系，包括大亨唐纳德·特朗普。

She linked her arm through his...: 她挽住他的手臂。

He linked the fingers of his hands together on his stomach.: 他双手十指交叉放在腹部。

考试真题

It's commonly known that certain diseases are linked with occupations like lung disease in coal miners.

Does that mean the link between lower oil prices and growth has weakened?Some experts say there are still good reasons to believe cheap oil should heat up the world economy.

The kite has been linked to great names and events.

And there was indeed a personal link.

He set up personal links with many of his customers.

You'll also be able to receive email, music and movies, all via an internet link.

Moving on to communications, very soon, cars will be linked to GPS satellites, so they'll do all the driving for you.

So there used to be transport problems, now though there are new train links and better roads, but it may be that some smaller towns inland remain not very well connected, is that OK?

"The link between sleep and health, and bad sleep and disease is becoming clearer and clearer," says Lawrence Epstein, a sleep expert at Harvard University.

If breakfast alone isn't a guarantee of weight loss, why is there a link between obesity and breakfastskipping?

Let's start with the bad news that Americans are terrible at technology skills, using email, naming a file on a computer, using a link on the web page, or just texting someone.

We really want to link food and medicine, and not just give away food.

You can also link up with Google calendar to make sure you stay on top of important dates.

Different upbringings set children on different paths and can deepen socioeconomic divisions, especially because education is strongly linked to earnings.

Coal and natural gas are mainly used for electricity generation, whereas oil is used mostly to power transportation, yet the prices of all these energy sources are linked.

Patrick Belser, an International Labour Organization specialist says declining wage rates are linked to the levels of unemployment.

But Sadoway isn't alone in trumpeting energy storage as a missing link to a cleaner, more efficient, and more equitable energy future.

It is closely linked to future career requirements.

Yet until recently the worst forecasts were almost exclusively linked to direct human activity, such as clear-cutting and burning for pastures or farms.

The link between goal-setting and harmful behavior deserves further study.

But Schweitzer contends the "mounting causal evidence" linking goal-setting and harmful behavior should be studied to help spotlight issues that merit caution and further investigation.

Their road link to other European countries is fast

Take advantage of the train links

Road and rail links for small towns

Try this: Take a photo and upload it to Facebook, then after a day or so, note what the URL link to the picture is and then delete it.

Come back a month later and see if the link works

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) conducted a survey of iced coffees sold by some popular chains in Britain including Starbucks, Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee to gauge the calories as studies increasingly link obesity with cancer.

Consistently, research shows that communicating with others promotes health, whereas social isolation is linked to stress, disease, and early death.

International interest in the therapeutic qualities of the Mediterranean diet began back in the late 1950s, when medical researchers started to link the occurrence of heart disease with diet.

Terrie Moffitt's paper on "The link Between Childhood Self-control and Adult Status Decades Later" is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

That's where the Bucks County Career link comes in.

A railway link to Amsterdam in 1874 attracted rich traders from Amsterdam to Hilversum.

A strong link is found between two species when a predator sticks to one prey species.

A website links people through books.

Another trend is off-site or virtual management, where teams of people linked by e-mail and the Internet work on projects from their own houses.

Food webs may be dominated by many weak links because that arrangement is more stable over the long term.

Most food webs, for instance, consist of many weak links rather than a few strong ones.

Researchers have found that there is a direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in weight problems.

Since the poorest are least likely to make up for their losses from disasters linked to el nino, reducing their losses needs to be the priority.

The crowne plaza hotel in copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator.

The differences between weak and strong links in food webs.

The link between what the men had done as boys and how they turned out as adults was surprisingly sharp.

The relationships you develop now will probably be linked to the ones you value later, so he wise about the people who you invest yourself in.

The weak links may thus keep species from driving one another to extinction.

They offer a platform for business links.

When a predator always eats huge numbers of a single prey, the two species are strongly linked; when a predator lives on various species, they are weakly linked.

On the assumption that they will become relevant later, you make a mental note of discourse entities as well as possible links between them.

Conversations are links, which means when you have a conversation with a new person a link gets formed and every conversation you have after that moment will strengthen the link.

Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities, but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through.

simply starting a conversation with them will form a link.

Srini pillay, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, believes this counter-intuitive link between downtime and productivity may be due to the way our brains operate.

They link between happiness and investment generally held even after accounting for these things.

with Obamacare there is no longer a link between employment and insurance.

Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world, and scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people.

同义词辨析

join, combine, unite, connect, link, attach, couple, associate, relate

这些动词均有"连接，结合，联合"之意。

join：侧重把原来不相连接的物紧密地连接在一起，但仍可再分开。也指把分散的人或几个部分的人联合起来，或加入到某团体中去。

combine：指两个或两个以上的人或物结合在一起。

unite：指联合、团结、结合在一起，构成一个整体。

connect：指两事物在某一点上相连接，但彼此又保持独立。

link：指连环式的连接，或用接合物或其它方式连接，还可指一事物与另一事物的联系或关系。

attach：指把局部连接在整体上，小的接在大的上面，活动的接在固定的上面。

couple：专指连接两件东西，或把事物成对进行连接。

associate：指人与人友好和平、平等地联合在一起；用于物时，指两事物因历史或其它原因，很自然被人们联系在一起，即产生联想。

relate：指人与人有亲戚或婚烟关系；也指人或物之间尚存的实际或假想的联系。