Support and affirmation from the weak ties could be the explanation, says Ellison.
埃利森说，其中一种解释可能是来自弱势关系的支持和肯定。
"You couldn't maintain all of those weak ties on your own," says Jennifer Golbeck of the University of Maryland.
“靠自己你是无法维持所有那些薄弱的联系的。”马里兰大学的珍妮弗·高尔贝克说。
In 1973 sociologist Mark Granovetter showed how the loose acquaintances, or "weak ties", in our social network exert a disproportionate influence over our behaviour and choices.
1973年，社会学家马克·格兰诺维特指出，在我们的社交网络中，关系松散的熟人或“弱关系”对我们的行为和选择产生了不成比例的影响。
The explosion of weak ties could have profound consequences for our social structures too, according to Judith Donath of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
哈佛大学伯克曼互联网与社会中心的Judith Donath 认为，弱联系的激增也会对我们的社会结构产生深远的影响。
But weak ties can be in the thousands and are very influential (a la Facebook).
但是弱联系可以有上千个并且很有影响力(就像Facebook)。
That job lead is going to come from weak ties, or from people you hardly know.
这个工作机会很可能来自弱关系，或者来自那些你几乎不认识的人。
Most often, the way to do this is through what is called "the strength of weak ties."
通常来讲，要实现这一点，“弱关系的力量”很重要。
Weak ties mean your friends' friends or your relatives' friends or even your neighborhood.
弱关系就是指你朋友的朋友或者亲戚的朋友，甚至可以是的邻居。
But weak ties extend further and provide more novel, innovative, and non-redundant information.
但不牢靠的关系影响范围更广，并且可提供更新奇、更加革新及非冗余的信息。
Create new weak ties: Attend a networking event in your industry or in an industry you'd like to explore.
创造新的社交关系：参加你们行业内部的或是你感兴趣的行业的社交活动。
But if weak ties are too flimsy to offer us much in the way of real support, why are we so keen to have them?
然而，如果这些弱关系过于脆弱，不能给我们提供太多的真正支持，那么我们为什么还要如此热情地拥有他们呢？
However, up to now, the unit of analysis in most of those studies was the relationship between individuals, such as strong ties or weak ties.
然而，这些研究的分析单位通常放在个体之间的强关系或弱关系这样的联系上。
The phenomenon, known as the strength of weak ties, explains why people tend to get jobs through people they know casually but aren't that close to.
这一现象被称为弱关系的强度，解释了为什么人们倾向于找工作通过别人随便，但他们并不知道那附近。
Reconnect with weak ties : Go through your calendar for the past year, review the events you attended and think about the interesting people you met.
重新和那些泛泛之交联系起来 ：看看去年的日历，回忆一下你参加过的聚会，想想认识的有意思的人。
That way, when you later come across an interesting article, or job lead, which would interest one of your weak ties, you can send it his or her way.
这样，如果以后你刚好看到一篇好玩的文章，或是一个工作机会，你觉得或许适合你在之前的社交场合遇到的某个朋友，你可以发给他或她。
Based on a case study, the author draws a conclusion that strong ties together with weak ties play a role in the course of occupation re-mobility of peasant worker.
本文通过个案研究表明，农民工再次职业流动过程中，关系作用的发挥是以各种组合的形式出现的。
Researcher and sociologist Mark Granovetter found that weak ties like acquaintances are 58% more likely to be the source of getting us our jobs than strong ties like friends.
社会学家马克·格兰诺维特发现，所谓的弱人际关系（比如熟人）给我们带来的工作资源，要比强人际关系（如好友）多出58%。
Weak ties, such as one finds on the Internet, are more effective than strong ties for providing the necessary information to link diverse groups together in a cooperative manner.
不牢靠的关系，如在互联网上相识的，比牢靠的关系能更有效地提供必需的信息，并通过协作的方式把形形色色的群体连接在一起。
The structural dimension of social capital refers to the overall model, which links enterprises in social network. It includes the presence of networking, strong and weak ties and network structure.
社会资本结构是社会网络中企业间联系的整体模式，主要包括网络联系存在与否、联系强弱及网络结构。
An example of how the connection can influence us is when our weak-ties get in touch and pass on details about jobs they think might be suitable for us.
一个关系如何影响我们的例子就是，与我们有弱关系的人联系我们，并告知他们认为可能适合我们的工作的细节。
It was Granovetter who first coined the term "weak-ties", which he used to refer to people's loose acquaintances—in other words, friends-of-friends.
格兰诺威特是第一个造出“弱连接”一词的人，他用此词来指代人们不太亲密的相识——换句话说，就是“朋友的朋友”。
A new report says that weak social ties may be to blame for the higher incidence of mental disorders in cities.
一项新的报道指出微弱的社会纽带是都市精神疾病的元凶。
The researchers concluded that having fewfriends or weak social ties to the community is just as harmful to health asbeing an alcoholic or smoking nearly a pack of cigarettes a day.
因此，研究人员认为，缺少朋友或社交活动对健康的危害与酗酒或每天一包烟的危害相当。
Weak social ties affected women's health in both rich and poor neighborhoods.
在富裕和贫穷地区，弱的社会联系影响女性健康。
'the last thing airlines want to see at this stage, with the weak and anemic global economic recovery, would be a fray in bilateral ties that would harm business travel and leisure traffic,' he added.
在全球经济复苏疲软乏力之际，航空公司目前阶段最不愿意看到的是双边关系紧张，冲击全球商务和休闲旅行。
Findings showed that:network diversity and strength of weak-ties hindered knowledge transfer;
研究结果发现：企业网络的异质性和弱的联结强度不利于网络中知识转移；
Findings showed that:network diversity and strength of weak-ties hindered knowledge transfer;
研究结果发现：企业网络的异质性和弱的联结强度不利于网络中知识转移；
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