1. 相互关联;极为相似
    If one thing correlates with another, there is a close similarity or connection between them, often because one thing causes the other. You can also say that two things correlate .

    e.g. Obesity correlates with increased risk for hypertension and stroke...
           肥胖会增加高血压和中风发作的几率。
    e.g. The political opinions of spouses correlate more closely than their heights...
           配偶之间政治观点上的相似度要大于他们身高的相似程度。

2. 使显示联系;使相互关联
    If you correlate things, you work out the way in which they are connected or the way they influence each other.

correlate的近义词

    e.g. Attempts to correlate specific language functions with particular parts of the brain have not advanced very far...
           人们试图把特定的语言功能与大脑的某些特定部位联系起来，这一努力目前还没有取得很大进展。
    e.g. Lieutenant Ryan closed his eyes, first mentally viewing the different crime scenes, then correlating the data.
           瑞安中尉闭上眼睛，先是在脑海里回想了一遍不同的犯罪现场，然后将这些信息联系起来。