He says it may be necessary to call on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to mediate an end the diplomat dispute.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

First comes the family, then an association of families in a tribe, then a further association in a village, and then you might say an association of villages that create a polis or a city.

首先是家庭，然后是众多家庭的结合形成部落，再扩大形成村庄，然后是村庄的结合,创造出了城邦或城市。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And what this is in a very general sense is the learning of an association between one stimulus and another stimulus, where stimulus is a technical term meaning events in the environment like a certain smell or sound or sight.

一般来说,经典条件作用是指在一个刺激,和另一个刺激之间形成联结，这里的刺激是一个专业术语,意思是环境中出现的事件,比如某种味道，声音或景观。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Now how about that for a cancer patient?" The study appears in an issue about cancer research of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

The International Air Transport Association says global carriers are losing an estimated $200 million a day in revenue as a result of airplane groundings related to the Iceland volcano.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Later in the week, the Secretary goes on to Bangkok for talks with Thai leaders and joins in an international dialogue in the Thai resort of Phuket with foreign ministers of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian nations.

VOA: standard.2009.07.17

Mohammad Akhter,Executive Director of the National Medical Association, said reform is needed to deal with an explosion of chronic disease in the United States, adding that failure to pass a bill now would mean more expense for the country later.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

She holds similar political talks later in the week with Thai officials in Bangkok before flying to the resort island of Phuket to join in an annual dialogue of Pacific-rim country foreign ministers with those of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15