association 英 [əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn]   美 [əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃn]

association

association  英 [əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn] 美 [əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃn]

n. 联盟;联合;联系 

名词复数:associations 

the Football Association 足球协会
Do you belong to any professional or trade associations? 你参加了专业学会或行业协会没有?

  • Association has to do with things that are together, whether in a formal group like the National Basketball Association or just two things that are related, like the association between dogs and parks.
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  • n. 联盟;联合;联系
  • 1. the Football Association

    足球协会

  • 2. Do you belong to any professional or trade associations?

    你参加了专业学会或行业协会没有?

  • 3. a residents' association

    居民联合会

  • 4. They have maintained a close association with a college in the US.

    他们和美国一所学院保持了密切联系。

  • 5. She became famous through her association with the group of poets.

    她通过与这些诗人交往而成名。

  • 6. The cat soon made the association between human beings and food.

    这只猫很快就把人类与食物联系起来。

  • association (n.) 1530s, "action of coming together for a common purpose," from Medieval Latin associationem (nominative associatio), noun of action from past participle stem of associare "join with," from assimilated form of ad "to" (see ad-) + sociare "unite with," from socius "companion, ally" (from PIE *sokw-yo-, suffixed form of root *sekw- (1) "to follow"). Meaning "an organized body of persons with a common purpose" is from 1650s. Meaning "mental connection" is from 1680s; that of "quality or thing called to mind by something else" is from 1810.
as·so·ci·ation / əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn ; NAmE əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃn / / əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃn ; NAmE əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃn / noun 1 [countable + singular or plural verb ] ( abbr.Assoc. ) an official group of people who have joined together for a particular purpose 协会;社团;联盟 SYN organization Do you belong to any professional or trade associations? 你参加了专业学会或行业协会没有? the Football Association 足球协会 a residents' association 居民联合会 see also housing association 2 [countable ,  uncountable ] association(with sb/sth) a connection or relationship between people or organizations 联合;合伙;关联;交往 his alleged association with terrorist groups 他被指称的与恐怖组织的关联 They have maintained a close association with a college in the US. 他们和美国一所学院保持了密切联系。 The book was published in association with (= together with)English Heritage. 这本书是与英国文化遗产保护协会联合出版的。 She became famous through her association with the group of poets. 她通过与这些诗人交往而成名。 3 [countable ,  usually plural ] an idea or a memory that is suggested by sb/sth; a mental connection between ideas 联想;联系 The seaside had all sorts of pleasant associations with childhood holidays for me. 海滨使我联想起童年假期的各种愉快情景。 The cat soon made the association between human beings and food. 这只猫很快就把人类与食物联系起来。 4 [countable ] a connection between things where one is caused by the other 因果关系 a proven association between passive smoking and cancer 已被证实的被动吸烟与癌症之间的因果关系 association associations as·so·ci·ation / əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn ; NAmE əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃn /
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