liaison
noun
uk/liˈeɪ.zɒn/us/liˈeɪ.zɑːn/liaisonnoun(LINK BETWEEN)
[SorU]
communicationbetweenpeopleorgroupswhoworkwith each other:
联络，联系，沟通Heblamedthelackof liaisonbetweenthevariousgovernmentdepartments.他指责各个政府部门之间缺乏沟通。
Thepolicehaveappointeda liaisonofficertoworkwith thelocalcommunity.警方已指派了一名联络官与当地社区进行合作。
[C]mainlyUS
someone whohelpsgroupstoworkeffectivelywith each other:
联络官，联络人Sheservedas a liaison between the differentgroups.她充当各团体之间的联络人。
Communicating & keeping in touch
- backchannel
- bell
- call back
- callsomeoneup
- catchup
- communication
- communicative
- communicator
- correspond
- drop
- hear
- mute
- picksomeone/somethingup
- pick up the phoneidiom
- propagation
- radio silence
- rapporteur
- reach out (tosomeone)
- touch
- transmit
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International relations: diplomacy & mediation
liaisonnoun(RELATIONSHIP)
[C]formal
asexualrelationship,especiallybetween twopeoplenotmarriedto each other:
（尤指婚外的）性关系；私通；婚外情He's had anumberof liaisons.他已发生了好几段婚外情。
Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
- adulteress
- affinal
- as husband and wifeidiom
- be an itemidiom
- be shacked upidiom
- hear wedding bellsidiom
- hitched
- honest
- husband
- intermarriage
- matrimony
- monogamous
- monogamy
- morganatic
- ménage à trois
- seven-year itch
- shack
- shack up
- something
- together
liaisonnoun(IN SPEECH)
[U]phoneticsspecialized
theactofjoiningsoundstogether, forexamplepronouncingaconsonantthat is not usuallypronouncedat the end of a word, because the next wordbeginswith avowelsound
连音Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alliterative
- alveolar
- apheresis
- aphesis
- aphetic
- aspirate
- assonance
- guttural
- homonym
- laterally
- lax
- lenis
- macron
- misemphasis
- phonology
- segmental
- semivowel
- sibilance
- sibilant
- speech pathology