correlate
verb (formal)- [intransitive]
if two or more facts, figures, etc. correlate or if a fact, figure, etc. correlates with another, the facts are closely connected and affect or depend on each other 相互關聯影響；相互依賴 The figures do not seem to correlate. 這些數字似乎毫不相幹。 - correlate with something
A high-fat diet correlates with a greater risk of heart disease. 高脂肪飲食與增加心髒病發作的風險密切相關。 The average speed of the vehicles correlates closely with the severity of the accident caused. 平均車速與所引起事故的嚴重程度密切相關。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- highly
- significantly
- …
- be found to
- be shown to
- to
- with
- [transitive] correlate something
to show that there is a close connection between two or more facts, figures, etc. 顯示（兩個或多個事實或數字等）的緊密聯系 Researchers are trying to correlate the two sets of figures. 研究人員正試圖展示這兩組數字的相關性。 Property values are negatively correlated to the tax rate. 財産價值與稅率負相關。
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun): back-formation from correlation and correlative.