1. | [cspv] 协会；社团；联盟an official group of people who have joined together for a particular purpose |
Do you belong to any professional or trade associations? 你参加了专业学会或行业协会没有？ | |
the Football Association 足球协会 | |
a residents' association 居民联合会 |
2. | [c][u] ~ (with sb/sth) 联合；合伙；关联；交往a connection or relationship between people or organizations |
his alleged association with terrorist groups 他被指称的与恐怖组织的关联 | |
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。 | |
The book was published in association with(= together with) English Heritage. 这本书是与英国文化遗产保护协会联合出版的。 | |
She became famous through her association with the group of poets. 她通过与这些诗人交往而成名。 |
3. | [c][usupl] 联想；联系an idea or a memory that is suggested by sb/sth; a mental connection between ideas |
The seaside had all sorts of pleasant associations with childhood holidays for me. 海滨使我联想起童年假期的各种愉快情景。 | |
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。 |
4. | [c] 因果关系a connection between things where one is caused by the other |
a proven association between passive smoking and cancer 已被证实的被动吸烟与癌症之间的因果关系 |
