Word · Frequency #1216
associates
同事；伙伴；合伙人
associates is the plural of associate.
a person you work with, or a partner in business or an activity
- 1.
A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
在某项活动、企业或业务中与他人联合的人；合伙人或员工。
- 2.
a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
与他人共同参与某项活动或事业的人
- 3.
Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
与某人一起工作的人,同事,合作者。
- 4.
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
经常陪伴某人的朋友
- 5.
A companion; a comrade.
伙伴；同伴
- 6.
a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
在社团、机构或商业企业中具有从属身份的成员
- 7.
One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
经常伴随或与另一事物相关联的人或物；伴随情况。
- 8.
A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
仅被授予部分地位或特权的机构或社团成员。
- 9.
One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).
整环(或环)中一对元素之一,这两个元素可互相整除(或等价地,每个元素可表示为另一个元素与一个单位的乘积)。
- 10.
A casual friend, acquaintance
泛泛之交,熟人。
朋友；同伴；熟人；准会员；副会员；非正式会员；伴随物；伴随情况；相伴元；在某项活动、企业或业务中与他人联合的人；合伙人或员工。
In use
He introduced his business associate to the team.
She is an associate at the law firm.
The professor invited his former associates to the conference.
he had to consult his associate before continuing
associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners
Connections
Collocations
- business associate
- 业务伙伴；商业伙伴
- He has been a business associate of mine for years.他多年来一直是我的一位业务伙伴。
- close associate
- 密友；亲密伙伴
- One of her close associates revealed the plan.她的一位密友泄露了这个计划。
- research associate
- 研究助理；研究员
- She works as a research associate at the institute.她在这个研究所担任研究助理。
- associate member
- 准会员；副会员
- He became an associate member of the professional body.他成为了该专业机构的准会员。
- political associate
- 政治伙伴；政治同僚
- The senator and his political associates attended the meeting.参议员和他的政治同僚参加了会议。
- trusted associate
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 associate 中的 soci 联想成 social（社交），经常一起社交的人就是你的同事、伙伴。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：workplace、business、academic/institutional、social associate 作名词时多用于正式或半正式场合，常指同事、合作伙伴或（机构中的）准会员；日常口语中较少单独使用，具体含义需根据搭配判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
associate 的名词读音以不重读的 -iate /iət/ 结尾：affiliate、appropriate、immediate 的尾音与此相近；注意 negotiate 虽然拼写相似，但动词读音结尾为 /eɪt/，并不相同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.