n.协会；社团；交往；联想；联合；结合

Have you joined the teachers' association? 你加入教师协会了吗?

About 20 people have registered in the association. 大约有20人已登记加入这一协会。

There is a hide-and-seek association with a leader who is nowhere to be found. 有一个躲猫猫社团，他们的团长现在还没有找到。

I benefited much from my association with him. 我从跟他的交往中获益匪浅。

What association do you have with the color green? 绿色会使你产生什么联想?

United Services Auto- mobile Association. 联合服务汽车协会。

It was formed, in fact, by the Article of Association in 1774. 事实上它是由一七七四年的联合条款所组成。

Such a complex association between creatures of four species has the hallmark of an ecologic happy family. 四种动物之间这种复杂的结合是生态学幸福家庭的标志。

The vapor association of acetic acid and propionic acid due to dimerization and trimerization has been considered as well. 考虑乙酸与丙酸于气相因结合作用在气相形成二聚体及三聚体。

association的基本意思是“协会,社团”,指会员较多且具有共同兴趣和宗旨的比较正式的组织,对其成员的要求和活动内容都比较宽。association在句中用作主语时,其谓语动词的数视其着眼点不同可使用单数形式或复数形式。

association也可作“联合,结合,交往”解,后常接with引导的短语；association引申可作“联想”解，还可作“因果关系”解。