A relation between parties that is held to be sufficiently close and direct to support a legal claim on behalf of or against another person with whom this relation exists. 當事人的相互關係當事人之間關係密切、直接到足以支持對代表或緊靠這種關係中另一方的法律要求的關係
I'm sending you to the North on a fact-finding trip. Now, you won't have any dealings with the area managers; you report direct to me. 我要派你到北方做個調查，現在你跟那些部門經理沒關係了，直接歸我領導。
The next flight doesn't go direct to Rome; it goes by way of Paris. 下一架班機不直接飛往羅馬，中途經過巴黎。
We could ignore him and go direct to the chairman, but we'd be skating on very thin ice. 我們可以不理會他而直接去找主席，但那樣做我們就如履薄冰了。
