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conjunction

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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con·junc·tion /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən/ ●○○ noun  1 in conjunction with somebody/something WITHworking, happening, or being used with someone or something else 与某人/某物共同,连同某人/某物 The worksheets are designed to be used in conjunction with the new coursebooks. 这些活页练习题专门用来与新课本配套使用。2 [countable]CHANCE/BY CHANCE a combination of different things that have come together by chance 〔不同事物的〕巧合conjunction of a happy conjunction of events 几件事情令人高兴的巧合3. SLG[countable] technical a word such as ‘and’, ‘but’, or ‘because’ which joins parts of a sentence 连词,连接词
Examples from the Corpus
conjunctionIt was a conjunction of two people at once unlikely and yet inevitable.But the grammarian is tongue-tied without his labels: noun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, pronoun.Now we have the most attractive conjunction of home prices, incomes and interest rates since 1977.Today they are out doing an excavation, looking for whatever is down there in conjunction with their theme on dinosaurs.Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer.But the major inflationary impetus was provided by the conjunction of two factors.What my father felt about this conjunction I can only guess.
con·junc·tion nounChineseSyllable
happening, someone with else Corpus being something or used or working,


conjunction
conjunction /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən/ noun
1. in conjunction with somebody/something working, happening, or being used with someone or something else:
    The worksheets are designed to be used in conjunction with the new coursebooks.
2. [countable] a combination of different things that have come together by chance
    conjunction of
    a happy conjunction of events
3. [countable] technical a word such as ‘and’, ‘but’, or ‘because’ which joins parts of a sentence


con·junc·tionBrE /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃn/ 🔊NAmE /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃn/ 🔊 noun [countable] (grammar 语法) a word that joins words, phrases or sentences, for example 'and', 'but', 'or' 连词,连接词(如 and、but、or) [countable] (formal) a combination of events, etc., that causes a particular result (引起某种结果的事物等的)结合,同时发生The conjunction of low inflation and low unemployment came as a very pleasant surprise. 低通货膨胀与低失业的同时出现是一大惊喜。🔊🔊 [countable, uncountable] (astronomy 天文学) the fact of stars, planets, etc. passing close together as seen from the earth (恒星、行星等的)合in conˈjunction with(formal) together with 与…一起The police are working in conjunction with tax officers on the investigation. 警方正和税务官员协同进行调查。🔊🔊The system is designed to be used in conjunction with a word processing program. 本系统是为与文字处理程序配合使用而设计的。🔊🔊