ADVERB | VERB + CORRELATE | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤closely, highly, significantly, strongly, well密切相關;高度相關;顯著相關➤moderately, poorly, weakly關聯有限/不大/很小➤directly直接相關▸➤positively正相關▸➤inversely, negatively負相關VERB + CORRELATE➤be found to, be shown to被發現/被顯示相關◇High morale among staff was found to correlate positively with productivity.人們發現員工中高昂的士氣與生產力是正相關的。PREPOSITION➤to與⋯相關◇Property values are negatively correlated to the tax rate.財產價值與稅率負相關。➤with與⋯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。