英音 [ə'səusi'eiʃən] ;
美音 [ə'sosi'eʃən] ;
名词
1.不可数名词：[association (with sb/sth)]联合，联系，与某人为伍；友谊，友情，交往
2.可数名词：联想
3.可数名词：社团；协会；学会
形容词 associational
单词分析这些名词均有“社团，会社，协会”之意。
club表俱乐部或会社，其成员因志同道合，有共同兴趣、爱好而组织到一起进行社交、娱乐或体育等活动。
association指较为正式的组织，强调兴趣和需要的一致性。
institute指为专门的目标而建立的学会或研究所。
league指为了共同的目的和利益而组成的社团、同盟或联合会。
union多指工会，也指学会或协会。
society可与association换用，但前者的宗旨更严格，会员之间联系更紧密，活动更积极。
the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
a formal organization of people or groups of people
(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
the act of consorting with or joining with others
(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
a social or business relationship
a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
相似短语in association with 与…有联系
association complex 植物群丛复合体
association neuron 联合神经元，联络神经元
association of soil 土壤组合
Medical Association 医学会
ecological association 生态群落，社群，群丛
disturbance of association 联想障碍
essential association 基本结合
lyophobic association 疏水性缔合
industrial association 产业工会见industrial union.
相似单词association n.1.[U][association (with sb/sth)]联合，联系，与某人为伍；友谊，友情，交往2.[C]联想3.[C]社团；协会；学会
noci association 【医】 伤害性联合反应
anoci association 创伤性休克防止法