association

/əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃn/ n.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

协会；社团；联想；联系

释义与例句

n. 协会；社团
an organization of people with a common purpose or interest
  1. She is a member of the teachers' association.
    她是教师协会的会员。
  2. The football association organized the match.
    足球协会组织了这场比赛。
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  1. He joined a trade association to network with others.
    他加入了一个行业协会以便与人建立联系。
n. 联想；联系
a connection between ideas or things in the mind
  1. The smell of bread brought up happy associations of home.
    面包的香味唤起了对家的美好联想。
  2. There is a strong association between smoking and lung cancer.
    吸烟与肺癌之间有密切联系。
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  1. The word has many associations with childhood memories.
    这个词与童年记忆有许多关联。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 as（加强）+ soci（同伴，同 social）+ ation → 与同伴在一起 → 协会；联想

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • associate 联想；交往；同事
    动词 / 名词原形，去掉名词后缀 -ion。
  • associated 相关的；有关联的
    过去分词 / 形容词形式。
同义词
  • organization 组织；机构
    organization 泛指各类组织，association 侧重由共同兴趣或目的组成的社团。
    She works for a large international organization. 她在一家大型国际组织工作。
  • connection 联系；关联
    connection 是 association 表“联系”义时的同义词，association 还含“心理联想”之意。
    There is a close connection between diet and health. 饮食与健康之间有密切联系。
反义词
  • dissociation 分离；脱离
    dissociation 是 association 的直接反义词，加否定前缀 dis-。
    The dissociation of the two companies took a year. 两家公司的分离花了一年时间。
  • separation 分离；分开
    separation 表示“分开、分离”，与 association 表示的“联合、联想”相反。
    The separation of the mixture was done by filtering. 混合物通过过滤分离。
常见搭配
  • trade association 行业协会
    The trade association represents hundreds of companies. 该行业协会代表数百家公司。
  • association with 与……的联系
    His association with the company ended last year. 他与该公司的联系去年结束了。
  • in association with 与……联合
    The event was held in association with the city council. 该活动是与市议会联合举办的。