association
association 英 [əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn] 美 [əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃn]
n. 联盟；联合；联系
名词复数:associations
- 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
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1. the Football Association
足球协会
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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？
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3. a residents' association
居民联合会
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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。
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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。
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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.
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