知识扩展
易混词辨析
associated、connected、related
1.associated(形容词 / 动词过去分词):“相关的;关联的;联合的”(如 associated with 与… 相关;associated company 关联公司;associated research 联合研究),侧重 “因某种关系关联或联合”;
2. connected(形容词 / 动词过去分词):“连接的;相关的”(如 connected to the internet 连接互联网;connected ideas 相关的想法),侧重 “物理连接或直接相关”,associated 是 “间接关联”;
3. related(形容词 / 动词过去分词):“相关的;有亲属关系的”(如 related books 相关书籍;related by blood 有血缘关系),侧重 “广泛相关或亲属关系”,associated 是 “特定领域的关联(如学术、商业)”;
4. associated(形容词):“相关的;联合的”(如 associated risks 相关风险;associated professor 副教授),可指 “学术头衔(副教授)”,connected/related 无此 “头衔” 义。