associate

英 [ə'səʊʃieɪt] 美 [ə'soʊʃieɪt]

• vt. 联想；联合
• n. 伙伴；同事；同伴
• adj. 副的；共事的；有联系的
• n. 准学士学位获得者
• vi. 交往

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 使发生联系,使联合; 结交,结伙

   (cause to) join as friends or business partners

2. vt. 联想

   connect, especially in the mind, with sth or sb else

n. (名词)

1. [C]伙伴;同事

   a person connected with another, especially in work;partner

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 同事，伙伴，朋友，同人，同僚，幕僚，僚属
2. 准会员，准社员，非正式会员
3. 准学士学位获得者，准校友
4. 有关联的事物
5. 联想观念
6. 联想物
7. 相伴物
8. 合伙人
9. 大专学位

adj. 形容词

1. 副的
2. 联合的
3. 合伙的，共事的
4. 有关的，有联系的，有关联的
5. 伙伴的，同伙的，同伴的
6. 半正式的，非正式的
7. 准...的
8. 伴随的，伴生的

v. 动词

1. 结交，交往，结伙
2. 使联合，使结合
3. 联想，由...联想到...，把...联想在一起
4. 使有联系，使发生联系 ，把...同...联系起来
5. 使加入
6. 互相结合，缔合，联合
7. 联系，发生联系
8. 混在一起
9. 表明支持，表示同意
10. 使某人与自己交往，与…结交
11. 使混合，使缔合
12. 加入
13. 陪同

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor;

   "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
   

2. a friend who is frequently in the company of another;

   "drinking companions"
   "comrades in arms"
   

3. a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise;

   "associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners"
   

4. any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another;

   "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
   

5. a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies

Adjective:

1. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status;

   "an associate member"
   "an associate professor"
   

Verb:

1. make a logical or causal connection;

   "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"
   "colligate these facts"
   "I cannot relate these events at all"
   

2. keep company with; hang out with;

   "He associates with strange people"
   "She affiliates with her colleagues"
   

3. bring or come into association or action;

   "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. I always associate her with roses.
   我总是把她与玫瑰花联想在一起。
2. We should associate ourselves with this large firm.
   我们应该和这家大公司联合。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Mr. Miller is a business associate of our company.
   米勒先生是我们公司的生意伙伴。
2. I got a new job and a new group of work associates.
   我有了新工作和一班新同事。
3. He conformed his manners to those of his associates.
   他使自己举止和同伴一致。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He is an associate editor of the newspaper.
   他是报纸的副主编。
2. Mr. Lee is the associate producer of this film.
   李先生是这部影片的联合制片人。
3. At the conference I met many friends from associate organizations.
   在那次会议上,我遇到兄弟单位的许多朋友。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. You are wooing troubles if you associate with him.
   你和他交往会招来麻烦。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I don't associate the two ideas.
   这两个概念我联系不起来。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I've got a new job and a new set of work associates.
   我有了新工作和一班子新同事。
2. His son has got some questionable associates.
   他儿子有些不三不四的伙伴。

经典引文

• With him is Edmund gone associate?

  出自： C. Marlowe

• Christ our Sauiour, equall and associate to his Father.

  出自： R. Knolles

• Amphinomus survey'd th' associate band.

  出自： Pope

• They want some associate sounds to make them harmonious.

  出自： S. Johnson

• None but papists are associated against him.

  出自： Swift

• The troops..associating to them all the disorderly people.

  出自： D. Hume

• Arnulf associated his son with him in his government.

  出自： E. A. Freeman

• It is for me..to associate myself with the answer previously given by the Under-Secretary.

  出自： Gladstone

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

associate with (v.+prep.)

与…交往,联系 find a connection between sb/sth
associate with sb
I won't have my son associating with known criminals.

我不会让我的儿子与臭名昭著的罪犯交往。
Mother warned the boys not to associate with bad companions.

母亲告诫孩子们别和坏人交往。
We associated with all sorts of people.

我们与各种各样的人都打交道。 associate sb/sth with sth
I always associate the smell of those flowers with my childhood.

我一闻到这种花香,就联系起我的童年。
We associate turkey with Thanksgiving.

我们看到火鸡就联想到感恩节。
Usually people associate smoke with fire.

通常人们把烟和火相联系。
We naturally associate the name of Darwin with the doctrine of evolution.

我们自然而然地把达尔文的名字与进化论联系在一起。
We associate Egypt with Nile.

我们想到埃及就联想到尼罗河。
I often associate summer with holidays.

我常把夏日与假日联系起来。
We should associate ourselves with the larger firm.

我们应该和这家大公司联合。
He associated himself with his friend in a business undertaking.

他与朋友合伙经商。
He is associated with his sons in business.

他和他的儿子们合伙做生意。
In the children's minds summer is associated with picnics.

在孩子们的心里,想到夏天就联想到野餐。
The doctor was associated in the child's mind with injections and pains.

在孩子的脑子里,医生总是使他联想到打针与疼痛。
He is closely associated with China.

他和中国密切地联系在一起。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• associate closely 密切地联系
• associate confidentially 秘密地交往
• associate freely 自由地交往
• associate inseparably 不可分割地交往
• associate naturally 自然地交往

～+介词

• associate with 与…交往,把…与…联系在一起
• associate with all sorts of people 和各种各样的人交往
• associate with dishonest boy 与不诚实的男孩为友
• associate Egypt with the Nile 想起埃及就想起尼罗河
• associate poverty with misery 把贫穷和苦难联系在一起
• associate oneself with the firm 加入某商行
• associate oneself with a proposal 赞成一项提议
• associate oneself with sb in business 与某人合伙经商

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• employ an associate 雇一个帮手

形容词+～

• confidential associate 知心的朋友
• congenial associate 志趣相投的伙伴
• close associate 亲密伙伴
• literary associate 文友

名词+～

• business associate 生意伙伴
• work associate 同事

～+介词

• associate in crime 同案犯
• associate of arts 准文学士

词语用法

2. associate with指“与……常在一起，跟……交友”，而be associated with指“与……相联系”。

   He associates with all kinds of people.
   他常与各种人交朋友。

   He is associated with Mr Brown in business.
   他和布朗先生在生意上相联系。

v. (动词)

1. associate通常指在友好平等的基础上进行联合或交往,引申可指事物在逻辑上或思想上的联想。
2. associate主要用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。也可用作不及物动词,这时须接介词with引起的短语,表示“与…交往,与…联系在一起”。

n. (名词)

1. associate用作名词意思是“伙伴,同事”,尤指由于共同的职业、地位、生意而经常联系的人,也指有共同利害关系或目的而经常保持联系的同事或伙伴，引申可作“准学士，副学士”解。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

associate, companion, company, comrade

• 这组词都可表示“同事”“同伴”“朋友”。其区别是：
• associate指由于共同的职业、地位、利益而经常联系的人; companion强调共同度过闲暇时建立起来的友谊联系; company主要指想法相似,但没有深交的“同伴”“朋友”; comrade指与某人在观点或事业上有一致性和利害关系的“战友”或“同志”。例如:
• He is not a friend but a merely business associate.
• 他不是朋友,只是一个生意伙伴而已。
• My fellow travellers made good companions.
• 我和与我一起旅游的人成了好伙伴。
• The teacher advised his pupils always to keep good company.
• 老师建议学生要交好朋友。
• The soldier stayed with his wounded com- rade.
• 那位战士和他受伤的战友留了下来。

associate，companion，comrade，colleague，fellow，partner

• 这些名词均有“同事，伙伴”之意。
• associate普通用词，侧重指在利害关系上密切相关。
• companion指陪伴他人的人，即同伴或陪伴。
• comrade指具有共同的事业、利益关系相一致的人。
• colleague一般用于对同事的正式称呼，基本上专用在职业关系上。
• fellow多用复数形式，指一块住、生活或同行共事的人。
• partner指事业中处于合伙关系的人，或指婚姻、游戏、跳舞中的另一方。

join，combine，unite，connect，link，attach，couple，associate，relate

• 这些动词均有“连接、结合、联合”之意。
• join侧重把原来不相连接的物紧密地连接在一起，但仍可再分开。也指把分散的人或几个部分的人联合起来，或加入到某团体中去。
• combine指两个或两个以上的人或物结合在一起。
• unite指联合、团结、结合在一起，构成一个整体。
• connect指两事物在某一点上相连接，但彼此又保持独立。
• link指连环式的连接，或用接合物或其它方式连接，还可指一事物与另一事物的联系或关系。
• attach指把局部连接在整体上，小的接在大的上面，活动的接在固定的上面。
• couple专指连接两件东西，或把事物成对进行连接。
• associate指人与人友好和平、平等地联合在一起；用于物时，指两事物因历史或其它原因，很自然被人们联系在一起，即产生联想。
• relate指人与人有亲戚或婚烟关系；也指人或物之间尚存的实际或假想的联系。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的associatus：ad （去） + sociatus (与……联合），意为与……结伴。

近反义词

【近义词】

• connect
• relate
• companion
• fellow
• mate
• partner

【反义词】

• enemy
• opponent
• rival