association
/əˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃən/noun
1
- (often in names) a group of people organized for a joint purpose常用于名称联盟, 协会, 社团:
the National Association of Probation Officers.
全国缓刑犯监督官协会。
1.1
- Ecology a stable plant community including a characteristic group of dominant plant species【生态】(植物)群丛。
2
- a connection or cooperative link between people or organizations(人或机构之间的)联系, 联合:
he developed a close association with the university
他与那所大学建立了密切的联系
mass noun the programme was promoted in association with the Department of Music.那节目是与音乐系共同推出的。
2.1
- mass noun the action or state of becoming a member of an organization with subordinate status加入, 加盟:
as modifier an association agreement between Bulgaria and the EC.保加利亚加入欧洲共同体的协议。
2.2
- Chemistry the linking of molecules through hydrogen bonding or other interaction short of full bond formation【化】(分子间通过氢键或其他无全键结构反应的)缔合, 联合。
3
- (一般作 associations)a mental connection between ideas or things联想:
the word bureaucracy has unpleasant associations.
官僚主义这个词会引起不愉悦的联想。
3.1
- mass noun the action of making such a connection联系; 联想:
the association of alchemy with 'hieroglyphics' and 'cabala.'
从炼丹术到“象形文字”和“魔法”的联想。
3.2
- mass noun the fact of occurring with something else; co-occurrence(与其他事物的)同时出现, 共生:
cases of cancer found in association with colitis.
与结肠炎并发的癌症病例。
派生词
associational
adjective词源
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'uniting in a common purpose'): from medieval Latin associatio(n-), from Latin associare 'to unite, ally' (see ASSOCIATE).