linkage

1. N-VAR A linkage between two things is a link or connection between them. The linkage of two things is the act of linking or connecting them. 聯系[oft N 'between/with/of' n]

No one disputes the direct linkage between the unemployment rate and crime. 誰都不會質疑失業率與犯罪之間的直接聯系。

We're trying to establish linkages between these groups and financial institutions. 我們正試圖建立這些團躰和金融機搆間的聯系。

...the creation of new research materials by the linkage of previously existing sources. ...與之前已有的資源相聯系的新型研究材料的發明。

2. N-UNCOUNT Linkage is an arrangement where one country agrees to do something only if another country agrees to do something in return. (國與國之間達成的)互換約定[oft N 'between/with' n]

There is no formal linkage between the two agreements. 這兩份協約間無正式關聯。

He insisted that there could be no linkage with other Mideast problems. 他堅持不與其他中東問題掛鉤。