:a connection or relationship between two or more things联系;连接
[count]
linkages between population growth and disease人口增长与疾病之间的关系
[noncount]
Some researchers doubt that there is any linkage between these phenomena. [=they doubt that these phenomena are connected or related]有些研究人员怀疑这些现象之间存在某种联系。
2
[count]:a part that connects two or more things链条;连接环节