The verb is pronounced /ə'səʊsieɪt/. The noun and adjective are pronounced /ə'səʊsiət/. 动词读作/ə'səʊsieɪt/,名词和形容词读作/ə'səʊsiət/。
- VERB 联系;联想
If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- Through science we've got the idea of associating progress with the future...
通过科学我们知道了应该把进步和未来联系起来。 - Rap groups have been barred from large musical events because they are associated with vandalism.
说唱组合被禁止参加大型的音乐活动,因为他们使人联想到肆意破坏公共财产的行为。
- VERB 使与(某个组织、事业或观点)有关系;公开支持
If you are associated with a particular organization, cause, or point of view, or if you associate yourself with it, you support it publicly.
- I haven't been associated with the project over the last year...
我去年一直没有参与那个项目。 - The press feels the need to associate itself with the green movement.
媒体感到有必要支持绿色运动。
- VERB 与…为伍;与…交往;与…厮混
If you say that someone is associating with another person or group of people, you mean they are spending a lot of time in the company of people you do not approve of.
- What would they think if they knew that they were associating with a murderer?...
如果他们知道自己正在与一个杀人犯为伍会怎么想? - They disapproved of her dancing at discos and associating with homosexuals.
他们不同意她在迪斯科舞厅跳舞并和同性恋鬼混。
- N-COUNT (尤指)同事;合作人;伙伴
Your associates are the people you are closely connected with, especially at work.
- ...the restaurant owner's business associates.
餐馆老板的商业伙伴
- ADJ (用于等级或头衔前,表示稍有不同或略低)副的,准的
Associate is used before a rank or title to indicate a slightly different or lower rank or title.
- Mr Lin is associate director of the Institute...
林先生是研究所的副所长。 - She applied for associate membership last year.
她去年申请成为准会员。 - ...an associate professor of political science.
政治学副教授