1、connect

(使)连接

You can connect the machine to your hi-fi.

你可以把机器连在高保真音响上。

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

传统的办法是晚上进入电话局，把线连上。

使连接，使接通(电源、水源等)

These appliances should not be connected to power supplies.

这些家用电器不应该接通电源。

Ischia was now connected to the mainland water supply.

伊斯基亚这时已经通上了大陆的水。

（接线员）给…接通电话

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

呼叫警察、救护车或消防队，请拨打999，接线员会为您接通电话。

He asked to be connected to the central switchboard.

他请求接到总机。

2、mission

(尤指赴他国的)使命，重要任务

Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America.

索尔兹伯里派他到北美执行一项外交任务。

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

他已经被派执行一项旨在帮助结束黎巴嫩政治危机的使命。

驻外使团;出国代表团

the head of the mission in South Africa.

驻南非代表团团长

a senior member of a diplomatic mission.

外交使团的高级成员

使命;天职

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

他认为自己毕生的使命就是保护弱者不受邪恶势力的欺凌。

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

他的一言一行都带着强烈的使命感。