[mass noun]the formation or existence of a link or connection between things, in particular 结合;连接;联合,尤指 ■(Biology)the temporary union of two bacteria or unicellular organisms for the exchange of genetic material (生)接合(生殖),接合(作用) ■(Biology)the fusion of two gametes, especially when they are of a similar size (生)(尤指大小相似的配子)结合 ■(chiefly Biochemistry)the combination of two substances (主生化)缀合,偶联;共轭 toxic compounds eliminated from the body by conjugation with glutathione. 与谷胱甘肽偶联后排出体外的有毒化合物。 ■(Chemistry)the sharing of electron density between nearby multiple bonds in a molecule (化)共轭(作用) ■(Mathematics)the solution of a problem by transforming it into an equivalent problem of a different form, solving this, and then reversing the transformation (数)共轭解
[mass noun](Grammar)the variation of the form of a verb in an inflected language such as Latin, by which are identified the voice, mood, tense, number, and person (语法)动词的词形变化 ■[count noun]the class in which a verb is put according to the manner of this variation 词形变化方式相同的一组动词 a past participle of the first conjugation. 第一组动词中的一个过去分词。
派生 conjugational adjective 语源
late Middle English (in sense 2): from Latin conjugatio(n-), from conjugare 'join together' (see conjugate)