学个词nexus

2023-08-15 21:06:18
标签: 学英语

【学个词 nexus】n. an important connection between the parts of a system or a group of things(重要的)连接,联系,关系。

 

Definition: noun

  1: CONNECTION, LINK

  the nexus between teachers and students

  also : a causal link

  the nexus between poverty and crime

  2: a connected group or series

  a nexus of theories

  a nexus of relationships

  3: CENTER, FOCUS

  The bookstore has become something of a nexus for the downtown neighborhood.

  —Jane Smiley

Synonyms

-catena,catenation,chain,concatenation,consecution,progression,sequence,string,train

Example Sentences

  1 the oft-repeated claim that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person through a nexus of six relationships

  2 as the nexus for three great religions, Jerusalem has had a troubled as well as illustrious history

  3 Jawan Fulton, 29, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty Nov. 22 before Tucker to charges that included supervision of a criminal organization, conspiracy to commit robbery, possession of a firearm with nexus to a drug trafficking crime, possession of a large amount of fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl.—Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023

  4 For Johnson, who skippered the Tigers to a title in his second season in Baton Rouge, the day and opportunity to join the broadcast − is the nexus of his occupation. —Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023

  5 The national police on Thursday reported fires or skirmishes in multiple cities overnight, from Toulouse in the south to Lille in the north, though the nexus of tensions was Nanterre and other Paris suburbs. —Time, 29 June 2023


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