three days. ftft0
o I’m having problems
with my Internet
connection.
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IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ffccWgfc 3 [C] a point,
especially in an electrical system, where two parts connect
& ; ( Jt la ft £0$ j , A : A faulty connection
caused the machine to stop.
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TRAIN/BUS/PLANE Aft; £ ft i\
ft ; UJl 4
[C] a train,
bus
or plane at a station or an airport that a passenger can take soon after
getting off another in order to continue their journey ft; JE£j§: We arrived
in good time for the
connection to
ft* lW_t £ EH5 [C,
usually pi.] a means of travelling to another place M fa AIIft: There
are good bus and train connections between the resort and major cities. fflftftjAftft
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PERSON/ORGANIZATION A;® 6 [C, usually pi.] a
person or an organization that you know and that can help or advise you in your
social or professional life fa ft
( "5c #1 fa ) EBC3 contact : One
of my business connections gave them my name. fft
;§; h —
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DISTANT RELATIVES jlft 7 connections [pi ] people who
are your relatives, but not
members of your close family ^ % %
M : She is British but also has
German connections. EM'tk.ftfgll^^o
nsrni in connection with sb/sth for reasons connected
with sb/sth fa • •• ft A ( j^tffiA ) : A man has been arrested in
connection with the murder of the teenager. —£J§fto lam writing to you
in connection with your recent job application.
in
this/that connection (formal) for reasons connected with
sth recently mentioned & ftj& ( j) ♦; A lit con-nect-ive /ka’nektiv/ adj.,
noun a
adj. (especially medical
Efc) that connects things ji £$; connective
tissue
m noun {grammar ifift) a word that
connects two parts of a sentence jgil]; ADtEs]: Don’t overuse a causal
connective like ‘because’. because
con-nec-tiv-ity
/.knnek’tiviti;
NAmE ,ka:n-/ noun [u] (;technical ft if) the state of
being connected or the degree to which two things are connected ft $c ( If ) ;
K ^ ( H; ) : ISDN connectivity allows computers to communicate over a
network.
con
nec tor /ka'nekta(r)/ noun
a thing that links two or more things together ft Eg#/; ft Eg gg; j£$k : a
cable connector tlill
con ning tower /'knmr) taua(r); NAmE
'kaimq/ noun a raised structure on a submarine
containing the periscope
(?#7ktoj)
con nivance /ka'naivans/ noun
[U] {disapproving) help in doing sth wrong; the failure to stop sth
wrong from happening ft ^ ^ ift: The crime was committed with the
connivance of a police officer, ft M fa
con nive /ka'naiv/ verb
[V] (disapproving) 1 - at/in sth to seem to allow sth wrong to happen
i£ft; M.H: She knew that if she said nothing she would be conniving in an
injustice.
it M fa A o 2 ~
(with sb) (to do sth) to work together with sb to do sth wrong or illegal ft
ig; A#T; \s] Mi ft t'j HT71 conspire : The government was accused of having connived with
the security forces to permit murder. lift Iff ®
Iff % 3cA gf$ IA36 M A ft Aft „
con niv ing /ka'naivirj/ adj. (disapproving)
behaving in a way that secretly hurts others or deliberately fails to prevent
others from being hurt Bf 3¥ftkA#J; connoisseur /,kDna's3:(r); NAmE
,ka:na's3:r; -'sur/ noun an expert on matters involving the judgement of
beauty, quality or skill in art, food or music ft %; fa '4£: a
connoisseur of Italian painting M A lij 0 a wine connoisseur
ij^M^ft^ con-no
ta tion /.knna'teijn;
NAmE ,ka:n-/ noun an idea suggested by a word in addition to its
main meaning ft ft; |&ftM A: The word ‘professional’ has
connotations
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of skill and excellence. * professional
ftfti^Uftlf tkWIIo O negative connotations Kfft — compare DENOTATION
con-note /ka'naut; NAmE
ka'nout/ verb [VN] {formal) (of a word is]) to suggest a feeling,
an idea, etc. as well as the main meaning M. 5k ; Rfr A ; Hi ft —
compare
DENOTE
con-nub-ial /ka'njuibial; NAmE
-‘nu:-/ adj. (literary) related to marriage, or the relationship
between husband and wife A# ( Aft ) $J
con
quer /'kDrjka(r);
NAmE 'karij-/ verb [VN] 1 to
take control of a country or city and its people by force £
;
Jft : The
1066. «|Af 1066 ft ft m T A ft o o conquered
peoples/races/territories ® % J3K ^ & tk / ft M; M ^5 2
to defeat sb, especially in a competition, race, etc. ( Xfgtm. ) ftlift, ^J&;: The world
champion conquered yet another
challenger last night, ft
O
The team
members were greeted like
conquering heroes, ft M ft vA
3
to succeed in
dealing with or controlling
sth ( finite ) 'i&JIft,
:
The only way to conquer a fear is to face it.
S11 ^ nft - A A Ji’ IE M SIH o 0
The band is now setting out to conquer the world.
&AftftJIftf?*ffi
MIA
con queror /'km]kara(r); NAmE
’ka:r)-/ noun a person who conquers {EIS#; ft^William the Conqueror
(= King William I of
con-quest /'kDrjkwest; NAmE
'ka:q-/ noun 1 [sing., U] the act of taking control of a
country, city, etc. by force tiE IS ; ft : the Norman Conquest (= of
Spanish conquests in South America BISft Aft^H#NM ftftfrWl
3 [c] (usually humorous)
a person that sb has persuaded to love them or to have sex with them (
If
^ ft Si ) ® f? Ji W A : I’m
just one of his many conquests, fk IX EX JHlk J# £ “ o 4 [U] the act of
gaining control over sth that
is difficult or dangerous ( X* HI 30L j(£l£ iW:
the conquest of inflation
con
quista dor /knn'kwist0do:(r); -'kist-; NAmE
ka:n-/ noun {pi. con-quis-ta-dores /kDn.kwista'dorreiz;
-.kista-; NAmE ka:n-/ or con-quis-ta-dors) (from Spanish)
one of the Spanish people who took control of
mmw ) mmmiis#
con-san-guin-ity/.kDnsaerj'gwinati; JVAn?f1ka:n-//7ou/7[U]
(formal) relationship by birth in the same family |is] ^; latt; if
con-science /'kDnJans; NAmE
'ka:n-/ noun 1 [C, U] the part of your mind
that tells you whether your actions are right or wrong [§. ft: to have a clear/guilty
conscience (= to feel that you
have done right/wrong) foj >E> ft i^ I fa 0 This is a
matter of individual conscience {- everyone must make their own judgement
about it), ji A ^ ft A BEi & 0
o He won’t let it
trouble his conscience. Elk ft ^ it fill# S B
fE 0 — see also social
conscience 2 [U, C] a guilty
feeling about sth you have
done or failed to do |ft ^; Eit$X: She was seized by a sudden pang of
conscience, ftb —O I have a terrible conscience about it. 3 [U] the fact of
behaving in a
way that you feel is
right even though this may cause problems % {§. ft ; freedom
of conscience (= the freedom to do what you believe to be right) ^
#J
g ft o Emilia is the voice of conscience in the play, ifc ftlftlEftj&fl
aftft Ji &£niftft1j Ao — see also prisoner
of conscience ITTf^l in (all/good) conscience
(formal) believing your
actions to be fair ( ft ft fa-fa ) AiEkfe,
^ftilk, EHahonestly: We cannot
in all conscience refuse
to help. Mlt ft EH ft is EMM ft#