missing link
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT The missing link in a situation is the piece of information or evidence that you need in order to make your knowledge or understanding of something complete. 缺少的環節; 指爲完全理解某事尚需知道的一則信息或証據[usu sing]
We're dealing with probably the biggest missing link in what we know about human evolution. 我們正在解決的可能是我們所知的人類進化過程中缺失最大的一環。
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missing link (missing links)
剑桥词典
- something that is necessary to complete a series or solve a problem
（一系列相關聯事物中）必要的環節
Those documents provided the missing link , and the police were able to make an arrest soon after they discovered them. 這些文件提供了必要的証據，警察發現之後很快就實施了逮捕。
the missing link
an animal that no longer exists or might never have existed and is thought to explain how humans developed from apes
缺環（據推定存在於類人猿和人類之間的過渡動物） 返回 missing link