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单词 missing link
释义
missing link
noun[S]
uk
/ˌmɪs.ɪŋ ˈlɪŋk/us
/ˌmɪs.ɪŋ ˈlɪŋk/
something that isnecessarytocompleteaseriesorsolveaproblem:
（一系列相关联事物中）必要的环节
Thosedocumentsprovidedthemissinglink, and thepolicewereableto make anarrestsoonafter theydiscoveredthem.这些文件提供了必要的证据，警察发现之后很快就实施了逮捕。
the missing link
ananimalthat nolongerexistsor might never haveexistedand isthoughttoexplainhowhumansdevelopedfromapes
缺环（据推定存在于类人猿和人类之间的过渡动物）
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(Definition ofmissing linkfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmissing link

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The essentialmissinglinkis that this debate does not consider transition paths.
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The result of this 'missinglink' to the theory is a rather detached second part which disrupts the overall coherence of the book.
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Here, as elsewhere, the wild child provides a "missinglink" to a possible future, initially an idealized possibility, but ultimately hollowed out into tragedy and loss.
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The onlymissinglinkin the story so far is of course the expressive content of judicial decisions.
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On themissinglinkbetween frequent pattern discovery and concept formation.
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Themissinglinkhere is a causal chain or mechanism of how the many institutions involved are intertwined into a self-reinforcing sequence.
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It seems that there is amissinglinkhere in the music curriculum.
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These creations offer amissinglinkbetween idealist aesthetics of the period and musical practice.
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Visitors saw a more profound problem and noted the lack of mechanisms for empowering farmers and amissinglinkbetween product development and poverty reduction.
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He proceeds to discuss how themissinglinkcan be remedied, and what the modified theory would look like, once appropriately emended.
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Still, there is amissinglinkbetween such observations of changes in collection and evidence of changes in forest quality.
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There are at least two possible explanations of themissinglinkbetween mass public opinion as expressed in opinion surveys and elite decisions.
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They are arguably themissinglinkin our constructions of polite society.
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Themissinglink: prosodic marking in the two-word stage.
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Older people and social entitlements : amissinglinkin the asset portfolio?
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