Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #742
association
协会；社团；联盟
核心释义
an organized group of people or organizations with a common purpose
- 1.
关联的行为。
The act of associating.
- 2.
一个正式的组织或团体
a formal organization of people or groups of people
- 3.
关联状态；与某事物的联系或隶属关系
The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
- 4.
与他人交往或加入的行为
the act of consorting with or joining with others
- 5.
两个测量量之间的任何关系,使它们在统计上相互依赖(但不一定是因果关系或相关性)。
Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
- 6.
在记忆或想象中相互连接的状态
the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
- 7.
为共同目的而组成的团体；组织；协会
A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
- 8.
对象类之间的关系,使一个对象实例能够促使另一个对象为其执行动作。
Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
联系；关联；交往；联想；关联；相关性；关联性；关联；关联关系；关联的行为。
用法In use
He joined a professional association for engineers.
用法提示：association 表示“协会”，作为可数名词。
The study found an association between diet and health.
用法提示：association 表示“关联”，作为不可数名词。
The association of these two ideas is not obvious.
用法提示：association 表示“关联”，作为不可数名词。
he joined the Modern Language Association
you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association
his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- trade association
- 行业协会
- He joined a local trade association to network with other business owners.他加入了一个当地的行业协会，以便与其他企业主建立联系。
- professional association
- 专业协会
- She is a member of the professional association for engineers.她是工程师专业协会的会员。
- in association with
- 与...合作
- The event was organized in association with the local community center.该活动是与当地社区中心合作举办的。
- free association
- 自由联想
- The therapist used free association to explore the patient's subconscious thoughts.治疗师使用自由联想来探索患者的潜意识想法。
- association member
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把‘as’想成‘a’，‘soci’像‘social’，联想为社交团体。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：business、community、professional 该词在此义项下常用于商业、社区或专业组织，既可用于正式场合，也可用于日常交流，故归为混合语域。
语法说明Grammar Note
常跟介词 with 或 of 连用
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'nation', 'station', and 'education' share the '-ation' ending but may have different pronunciations.
高价值词汇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。
用法优先级Usage priority
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