| 单词 | association |
| 释义 | association —associational, adj. /euh soh'see ay"sheuhn, -shee-/, n. 1. an organization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure. 2. the act of associating or state of being associated. 3. friendship; companionship: Their close association did not last long. 4. connection or combination. 5. the connection or relation of ideas, feelings, sensations, etc.; correlation of elements of perception, reasoning, or the like. 6. an idea, image, feeling, etc., suggested by or connected with something other than itself; an accompanying thought, emotion, or the like; an overtone or connotation: My associations with that painting are of springlike days. 7. Ecol. a group of plants of one or more species living together under uniform environmental conditions and having a uniform and distinctive aspect. 8. Chem. a weak form of chemical bonding involving aggregation of molecules of the same compound. 9. See touch football. 10. Astron. See stellar association. [1525-35; ( < MF) < ML association- (s. of associatio). See ASSOCIATE, -ION] Syn. 1. alliance, union; society, company; band. 3. fellowship. |
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