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Correlate means that two things are connected in a pattern — when one changes, the other tends to change too. 'Hours studied correlates with test scores' means that, generally, more studying goes with higher scores. It's often used carefully in science and , because 'correlate' does NOT mean one thing causes the other — it just means they move together, for whatever reason. As a noun, a correlate is a thing that goes along with, or matches, another thing.
相關、有關聯（統計、科學用語）
組成co- (together) + relate. Literally 'to relate together' — things that move together.
同家族的字
- relatethe root — to be connected to something
- correlationthe noun — the relationship itself
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
correlateverb/ˈkɒɹəleɪt/
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To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics.
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To be related by a correlation; to be correlated.
- Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice.
- As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
correlatenoun/ˈkɒɹələt/
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Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative.
- Several studies have demonstrated that neutralizing antibodies are a strong correlate for protection against symptomatic infection with Covid-19 and its variants, with boosters enhancing neutralization. Peter Gilbert, professor of vaccine and infectious diseases at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and lead author of the Moderna study, says these correlates are useful to apply to large groups.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。