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. 当事人的相互关系当事人之间关系密切、直接到足以支持对代表或紧靠这种关系中另一方的法律要求的关系
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. 我要派你到北方做个调查，现在你跟那些部门经理没关系了，直接归我领导。
The next flight doesn't go direct to Rome; it goes by way of Paris. 下一架班机不直接飞往罗马，中途经过巴黎。
We could ignore him and go direct to the chairman, but we'd be skating on very thin ice. 我们可以不理会他而直接去找主席，但那样做我们就如履薄冰了。
