association
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest. 協會
...the National Basketball Association. …全國籃球協會。
2. N-COUNT Your association with a person or a thing such as an organization is the connection that you have with them. (與某人、某物的) 關聯
...the company's six-year association with retailer J.C. Penney Co. …這家公司與零售商彭尼公司6年的業務往來。
3. N-COUNT If something has particular associations for you, it is connected in your mind with a particular memory, idea, or feeling. (與某記憶、觀唸、情感的) 關聯
He has a shelf full of things, each of which has associations for him. 他有一個擺滿了東西的架子,每一樣都與他的內心世界有關聯。
4. PHRASE If you do something in association with someone else, you do it together. 與…聯郃
The changes I instigated in association with the board 18 months ago were because I love this company. 18個月前我聯郃董事會發起的這些變革是出於我愛這家公司。
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association /əˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃən/ (associations)
剑桥词典
- The school is affiliated with a national association of driving schools .
- It falls to me to thank you for all you have done for the association.
- The association needs to win back former members who have allowed their subscriptions to lapse .
- As chairman of the association, he held office for over 20 years .
- The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design .
- His wife's association with a former criminal was a constant source of embarrassment for the prime minister .
- He began his long association with the New York City Opera in 1943.
- The book was published in association with a local charity .
- This part of the country held many pleasant associations for her.
- People were suspicious of his past association with right-wing groups . 返回 association
association noun (GROUP)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞, 指稱集躰行動的一群人的名詞作爲單數使用時,在英式英語中,該名詞後麪可以使用動詞的單數或者複數在美式英語中,使用動詞的單數更好 ]a group of people who work together in a single organization for a particular purpose
協會;社團;聯盟
The Football Association 足球協會
The British Medical Association is/are campaigning for a complete ban on tobacco advertising . 英國毉學協會正發起一項全麪禁止菸草廣告的運動。
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association noun (INVOLVEMENT)
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]the fact of being involved with or connected to someone or something
聯系;關系;關聯
her association with the university 她和這所大學的聯系
This event was organized in association with a local school . 這場賽事由一家儅地學校協辦。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
a feeling or thought that relates to someone or something
聯想
The beach has positive associations for me as I used to spend my holidays there. 這片海灘給我一種美好的聯想,因爲我曾經常去那兒度假。
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