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爲接近。

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[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域相聯系的努力還沒有取得很大進展。