事物之間的關聯
把同一條「連結線」從人身上移到「事情」身上——不再是人怎麼相處，而是兩件事怎麼牽動彼此。
a link between things · noun · B1
A link between two or more things, through which each one affects the others.
關聯
核心畫面
You can picture 'relationship' as the invisible line running between two things — how they stand toward each other and affect each other. The most everyday version of that line is between two people: how they feel about and treat one another.
可以想成「relationship」是兩個東西之間那條看不見的線——它們彼此怎麼站、怎麼互相影響。最日常的那條線是兩…更多收起
可以想成「relationship」是兩個東西之間那條看不見的線——它們彼此怎麼站、怎麼互相影響。最日常的那條線是兩個「人」之間的：他們對彼此的感覺、以及怎麼對待對方。其他用法都是把這條「連結線」拉到不同的東西上：人跟人、事跟事、戀人之間、家人之間。From the picture
Also in this word
how people behave toward each other · noun · B1
How two people or groups behave towards each other and feel about each other.
關係
a romantic relationship · noun · B1
A situation where two people are together because they have romantic feelings for each other.
戀愛關係
family connection · noun · B1
The way you are connected to someone in your family.
親屬關係
原始詞典資料6 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。
relationshipnoun/ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/
- 1
A connection or association; the condition of being related.
- Near-synonym: alliance
- But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality.
- 2
mathematicssciencesThe links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
- Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
- 3
Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
- 4
A romantic or sexual involvement.
- They have been in a relationship for ten years, but have never married.
- I'm not advocating sexual promiscuity but I think it's possible for a woman to have many kinds of sexual relationships with many men and that shouldn't affect the status of the marriage.
- 5
A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other.
- Near-synonym: footing
- I have a good working relationship with my boss.
- 6
entertainmentlifestylemusicThe level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.
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。