association
- n. 协会，社团，联盟；交往，联合；联系，因果关系；联想
[ 复数 associations ]
英英释义
association [ ə,səusi'eiʃən, ə,səuʃi'ei- ]
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n.
- a formal organization of people or groups of people
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the act of consorting with or joining with others
"you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
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the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
"his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"
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a social or business relationship
"many close associations with England"
同义词： affiliation tie tie-up
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the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
"conditioning is a form of learning by association"
同义词： connection connexion
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a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
"flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite"
- (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
- (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
association /əˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃən/ CET4 TEM4
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N-COUNT An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest. 协会
例：...the National Basketball Association.
…全国篮球协会。
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N-COUNT Your association with a person or a thing such as an organization is the connection that you have with them. (与某人、某物的) 关联
例：...the company's six-year association with retailer J.C. Penney Co.
…这家公司与零售商彭尼公司6年的业务往来。
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N-COUNT If something has particular associations for you, it is connected in your mind with a particular memory, idea, or feeling. (与某记忆、观念、情感的) 关联
例：He has a shelf full of things, each of which has associations for him.
他有一个摆满了东西的架子，每一样都与他的内心世界有关联。
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PHRASE If you do something in association with someone else, you do it together. 与…联合
例：The changes I instigated in association with the board 18 months ago were because I love this company.
18个月前我联合董事会发起的这些变革是出于我爱这家公司。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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He has now become one of the patrons of the association.
他如今已成为该协会的名誉赞助人之一。
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The trade association promotes ethical business practices.
这个贸易协会提倡合乎道德标准的商业行为。
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Who is eligible to apply for membership of the association?
谁有资格申请加入这个协会？
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For example, the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in South Bend,Indiana joined with the Palliative Care Association of Uganda.
VOA: special.2009.02.10
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It is association with death and sexuality that renders one impure and disqualifies one from entering the holy sanctuary.
不洁的事物和死亡与生殖是有联系的,它们被取消了,进入圣所的资格。
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What could possibly be more presumptuous than the association of the beginning of one's own career, one's own literary career, with the birth of the Christian messiah?
还有什么能够比,把自己事业的开端，自己的文学生涯，与基督教救世主的诞生相提并论更胆大妄为的？
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