Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #742
association
协会；社团；联盟
an organized group of people or organizations with a common purpose
- 1.
The act of associating.
关联的行为。
- 2.
a formal organization of people or groups of people
一个正式的组织或团体
- 3.
The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
关联状态；与某事物的联系或隶属关系
- 4.
the act of consorting with or joining with others
与他人交往或加入的行为
- 5.
Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
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)。
- 6.
the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
在记忆或想象中相互连接的状态
- 7.
A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
为共同目的而组成的团体；组织；协会
- 8.
Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
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。
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。
In use
He joined a professional association for engineers.
The study found an association between diet and health.
The association of these two ideas is not obvious.
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
association with sb/sth
He has a long association with the charity.
他与该慈善机构有长期的关联。
association between A and B
Connections
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
- 协会会员
- All association members receive a monthly newsletter.所有协会会员都会收到每月通讯。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把‘as’想成‘a’，‘soci’像‘social’，联想为社交团体。
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。
Grammar Note
常跟介词 with 或 of 连用
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'nation', 'station', and 'education' share the '-ation' ending but may have different pronunciations.
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 4，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。
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