n.

1. 连接；联络；衔接[C][U][（+with/between）]
   The connection of our telephone took several hours.

   我们用了好几个小时才接通了电话。

2. 关系，关联[C][U][（+with/between）]
   Trade connections existed between the two countries before the war.

   战前两国之间有过贸易往来。

3. 接驳转运的火车（或船，飞机等）[C]
   The train was late and I missed my connection.

   火车晚点了，我未能转上车。

4. 亲属，姻亲；社会关系[C][P1]
   He is a distant connection of my wife's.

   他是我妻子的一个远亲。

5. （业务上的）客户；（可资利用的）熟人[C][P1]
   She's just a business connection.

   她只是我的一个客户。

6. 亲属关系；业务往来[C][U]
   The company has connections with a number of Japanese firms.

   这家公司与几家日本商号有业务往来。

n.

1. a link or relationship between people or things.
2. an opportunity for catching a connecting train, bus, etc.
3. (connections) people with whom one has contact.
4. informal, chiefly N. Amer. a supplier of narcotics.
5. chiefly historical an association of Methodist churches.