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Correlate N   [V Results Products Thing With/To   [Formal

英语单词 correlate
英美音标 英 ['kɒrəleɪt] 美 ['kɔːrəleɪt]
中文释义 vt.使相互关联
vi.关联
n.相关物
英语例句 (1) Research workers find it hard to correlate the two sets of figures.
(2) We can often correlate age with frequency of illness.
(3) The results of this experiment do not correlate with the results of earlier ones.
(4) Hatred is a correlate of love.
中文例句 (1) 研究人员发现很难使这两组数字互相关连。
(2) 年龄的大小往往与发病率有关。
(3) 这次试验的结果与以往试验的结果毫不相干。
(4) 恨与爱是互相关联的。
vocabulary简明 If you notice that crumbs appear on your little brother's shirt whenever the cookies disappear from the cookie jar, you can say that you've correlated two facts, meaning that you've established or revealed that they're linked in a way that explains both of them.
vocabulary扩展 Detectives correlate pieces of evidence in order to solve crimes. For example, they might correlate a suspect’s bandaged hand with a shattered third-floor window. Correlate can also be used as a noun. Some companies promote products by suggesting that their products increase “happiness correlates,” or factors that have been shown to have a relationship with happiness, like health and friendship.
柯林斯解释
1
[V-RECIP-ERG ]相互关联;极为相似 If one thing correlates with another, there is a close similarity or connection between them, often because one thing causes the other. You can also say that two things correlate .
  [V with/to n]
  [pl-n V]
  [be V-ed with/to n]
  [be V-ed]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Obesity correlates with increased risk for hypertension and stroke...

    肥胖会增加高血压和中风发作的几率。

  • The political opinions of spouses correlate more closely than their heights...

    配偶之间政治观点上的相似度要大于他们身高的相似程度。

  • The loss of respect for British science is correlated to reduced funding...

    英国科学界不如以前受重视,资金也因此减少。

  • At the highest executive levels earnings and performance aren't always correlated.

    在最高管理层,收入与工作表现并不总是相关的。

2
[VERB 动词]使显示联系;使相互关联 If you correlate things, you work out the way in which they are connected or the way they influence each other.
  [V n with n]
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Attempts to correlate specific language functions with particular parts of the brain have not advanced very far...

    人们试图把特定的语言功能与大脑的某些特定部位联系起来,这一努力目前还没有取得很大进展。

  • Lieutenant Ryan closed his eyes, first mentally viewing the different crime scenes, then correlating the data.

    瑞安中尉闭上眼睛,先是在脑海里回想了一遍不同的犯罪现场,然后将这些信息联系起来。

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