1、connect

(使)連接

You can connect the machine to your hi-fi.

你可以把機器連在高保真音響上。

The traditional method is to enter the exchanges at night and connect the wires.

傳統的辦法是晚上進入電話局，把線連上。

使連接，使接通(電源、水源等)

These appliances should not be connected to power supplies.

這些家用電器不應該接通電源。

Ischia was now connected to the mainland water supply.

伊斯基亞這時已經通上了大陸的水。

（接線員）給…接通電話

To call the police, an ambulance or the fire brigade dial 999 and the operator will connect you.

呼叫警察、救護車或消防隊，請撥打999，接線員會為您接通電話。

He asked to be connected to the central switchboard.

他請求接到總機。

(使)相連;(使)相通

the long hallway that connects the rooms.

連接各個房間的長過道

The fallopian tubes connect the ovaries with the uterus.

輸卵管連接著卵巢和子宮。

2、realize

認識到；意識到；了解

As soon as we realised something was wrong, we moved the children away.

我們剛意識到有什么不對勁就把孩子轉移了。

People don't realize how serious this recession has actually been.

人們沒有意識到這次經濟衰退事實上有多嚴重。

（希望、心愿或恐懼）實現，成為現實，發生

Straightaway our worst fears were realised.

我們最恐懼的事情一下發生了。

Those are our hopes; we are starting this clinical trial to investigate whether those hopes will be realised.

那些就是我們的希望；我們正在開展這些臨床試驗以調查那些希望是否可以實現。