correlation
翻译
相关, 关联
例句
There is a strong correlation between smoking and cancer.
吸烟与癌症之间有很强的相关性。
They found a positive correlation between the two variables.
他们发现这两个变量之间存在正相关关系。
语法模式
a correlation ((between sth. and sth.)) （某事物和某事物）之间的相关性 There is a correlation between smoking and cancer.
近义词
同义词：connection, link, association; 反义词：disconnection, independence
词源
由“correlate”加上名词后缀“-ion”构成，意为“共同关联的状态”。
记忆技巧
记住这句名言：“相关性不代表因果关系 (Correlation does not imply causation)”。