correlate

1. V-RECIP If one thing correlates with another, there is a close similarity or connection between them, often because one thing causes the other. You can also say that two things correlate. 和…相關 (尤指互有因果關系); 相近[正式]

Obesity correlates with increased risk for hypertension and stroke. 過度肥胖與高血壓和中風的發(fā)病風險增加密切相關。

The political opinions of spouses correlate more closely than their heights. 與身高匹配相比，配偶之間的政治觀點更為接近。

2. V-T If you correlate things, you work out the way in which they are connected or the way they influence each other. 使…相互關聯(lián)[正式]

Attempts to correlate specific language functions with particular parts of the brain have not advanced very far. 試圖把特定的語言功能和大腦特定區(qū)域相聯(lián)系的努力還沒有取得很大進展。