connected
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++con·nect·ed /kəˈnektɪd/ ●●● S3 W3 adjective 1 JOIN something TOGETHERto be joined to something else or joined to a large system or network 连接的，相连的connected to The light is connected to a timer. 这盏灯连着一个定时器。 a computer connected to the Internet 已连接因特网的计算机connected by a series of artificial lakes connected by waterfalls 由瀑布连接起来的一串人工湖2 CONNECTED WITHif two facts, events, people etc are connected, there is some kind of relationship between them 相关的，关联的connected with problems connected with drug abuse 与滥用药物相关的问题 everyone connected with the film industry 和电影业有关联的每个人 Mr Edelson was closely connected with Trinity College. 埃德尔森先生和三一学院关系密切。► see thesaurus at related3. well connected FRIENDhaving important or powerful friends or relatives 有门路的，有人脉关系的Examples from the Corpus
connected• Police are investigating whether the three shootings are connected.• The two continents were once connected.• Their tracks met those of the company end on but were not connected.• a politically connected businessman• Whiter illustrates his point by showing how the conditions of Elizabethan dramatic presentation reinforced the use of certain repeatedly connected images.• The evaluation runs mentioned above indicate that the results with mid-class representations do not hold for connected speech.• It is, nevertheless, possible for the application back end to which CLE-I is connected to override this ordering.• Soot was first connected with cancer by a London doctor in 1774.connected to• What's this cord connected to?• The incident did not appear to be connected to any political cause.closely connected• The two ideas are closely connected , and should be dealt with together.• So we can see how closely connected are self-esteem and aggression in horses.• The T and G is a weathervane union closely connected to the Labour Party leadership.• Equally Leudast's position in Tours was closely connected with changing royal control of the city.• It is not isolated but closely connected with contemporary movements.• A long-term irritant to the police has been the ongoing allegation that some officers have been closely connected with freemasonry.• Although the party had a strong aristocratic and agricultural interest, by the 1930s it was becoming closely connected with industry.• Green politics are closely connected with the emergence of a critical consumer movement.con·nect·ed adjectiveChineseSyllable
be joined a else something to or large Corpus to to joined
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connected
con‧nect‧ed /kəˈnektəd, kəˈnektɪd/
adjective
connected to
The light is connected to a timer.
a computer connected to the Internet
connected by
a series of artificial lakes connected by waterfalls
2. if two facts, events, people etc are connected, there is some kind of relationship between them
connected with
problems connected with drug abuse
everyone connected with the film industry
Mr Edelson was closely connected with Trinity College.
3. well connected having important or powerful friends or relatives
▪ related/connected adjective used about things that have a connection with each other. Connected is not used before a noun: Physics and Maths are closely related. | The two problems are connected. | homelessness and other related issues
▪linked adjective having a direct connection – often used when one thing is the cause of the other: Skin cancer is directly linked to sun exposure and damage. | Two closely linked factors produced this result.
▪interrelated/interconnected adjective used about two or more things that are connected with each other and affect each other in a complicated series of ways: The various parts of society are closely interrelated. | The book consists of a series of interconnected essays.
▪interdependent used about two or more things, countries, people etc that depend on each other, and cannot exist or continue without each other: The two countries’ economies have become increasingly interdependent. | interdependent relationships between species | Darwin said that all life on earth is interdependent.
▪relevant adjective related to what is being discussed or to a particular area of activity: The exam tests the way you select and organize information relevant to the question. | Applicants should have several years’ relevant experience.
▪be bound up with something to be very closely connected – used about two things that need to be considered together: The history of the city has long been bound up with the sea. | Your professional development is closely bound up with personal growth.
con‧nect‧ed /kəˈnektəd, kəˈnektɪd/
adjective Word Family: noun: connection, connectedness, connector; verb: connect ≠ disconnect; adjective: connected ≠ disconnected ≠ unconnected
1. to be joined to something else or joined to a large system or networkconnected to
connected by
2. if two facts, events, people etc are connected, there is some kind of relationship between them
connected with
3. well connected having important or powerful friends or relatives
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