direct: sug. unbroken connection between one thing and another, for example, between cause and effect, source and issue(流出), or beginning and end: had a ~ bearing on the case.


immediate: stresses absence of anything intervening medium or influence: had ~ knowledge about the situ.


direct直接: 强调关系未中断, immediate直接: 强调无间隔物(如障碍或其它影响)。

记忆方法：1）汉译英 a) 直接关系            
         
                    b) 近邻

      答案:  a) direct relation    b) immediate neighbours

          2）直接的意思是未间断mean uninterrupted.