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。

2、mission

(尤指赴他國的)使命，重要任務

Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America.

索爾茲伯里派他到北美執行一項外交任務。

He has been on a mission to help end Lebanon's political crisis.

他已經被派執行一項旨在幫助結束黎巴嫩政治危機的使命。

駐外使團;出國代表團

the head of the mission in South Africa.

駐南非代表團團長

a senior member of a diplomatic mission.

外交使團的高級成員

使命;天職

He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from the evil.

他認為自己畢生的使命就是保護弱者不受邪惡勢力的欺凌。

There is an enormous sense of mission in his speech and gesture.

他的一言一行都帶著強烈的使命感。