association
n. 協會,聯盟; 關係; 聯絡,聯想; 因果關係
An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest.
...the British Olympic Association...
英國奧林匹克協會
Research associations are often linked to a particular industry.
研究協會常與某個特定的行業掛鉤。
Your association with a person or a thing such as an organization is the connection that you have with them.
...the company's six-year association with retailer J.C. Penney Co...
該公司與零售商 J. C. 彭尼公司6年的業務往來
Blyth's association with the sea began in 1966...
布萊思的航海生涯始於1966年。
If something has particular associations for you, it is connected in your mind with a particular memory, idea, or feeling.
He has a shelf full of things, each of which has associations for him...
他的一個擱架上擺滿了東西,每一樣都能勾起他許多回憶。
Black was considered inappropriate because of its associations with death.
不宜用黑色,因為它讓人聯想到死亡。
If you do something in association with someone else, you do it together.
Published in association with the Council for the Protection of Rural England, the book provides refreshing solutions to the long-term problem of water conservation.
這本書與英格蘭鄉村保護委員會合作出版,就節約水資源這個長期問題提供了全新的解決方法。
If one thing is found in association with another, they are found together.
1. a formal organization of people or groups of people;
2. the act of consorting with or joining with others;
3. the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination;
4. a social or business relationship;
5. the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;
6. a relation resulting from interaction or dependence;
7. (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
8. (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
club, association, institute, league, union, society
這些名詞均有"社團,會社,協會"之意。
The association is under the auspices of World Bank.
這個組織是在世界銀行的贊助下辦的.
Our long association with your company has brought great benefits.
我方和貴公司的長期合作帶來了巨大的利益.
The Alumnae Association is my link to the school's present administration.
女校友協會是我和現在學校行政部門之間的紐帶
At the airport he read an address of welcome in behalf of the association.
在機場上他代表該協會致了歡迎詞.
They banded themselves into an association.
他們聯合起來,成立一個協會.