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
I always associate her with roses. 我总是把她与玫瑰花联想在一起。
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.)Mr. Miller is a business associate of our company. 米勒先生是我们公司的生意伙伴。
I got a new job and a new group of work associates. 我有了新工作和一班新同事。
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.)He is an associate editor of the newspaper. 他是报纸的副主编。
Mr. Lee is the associate producer of this film. 李先生是这部影片的联合制片人。
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.)You are wooing troubles if you associate with him. 你和他交往会招来麻烦。
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)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。
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)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。
associate还可用作形容词,意思是“合伙的”“非正式的”“副的”。例如：We are associate partners.我们是合伙人。She was an associate member of the club.她是这家俱乐部的非正式成员。He was an associate editor of the paper.他是这家报社的副主编。
