vt.聯想；聯合

n.伙伴；同事；同伴

adj.副的；共事的；有聯系的

n.準學士學位獲得者

vi.交往

I always associate her with roses. 我總是把她與玫瑰花聯想在一起。

We should associate ourselves with this large firm. 我們應該和這家大公司聯合。

Mr. Miller is a business associate of our company. 米勒先生是我們公司的生意伙伴。

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. 他使自己舉止和同伴一致。

He is an associate editor of the newspaper. 他是報紙的副主編。

At the conference I met many friends from associate organizations. 在那次會議上,我遇到兄弟單位的許多朋友。

You are wooing troubles if you associate with him. 你和他交往會招來麻煩。

associate with指“與……常在一起，跟……交友”，而be associated with指“與……相聯系”。 He associates with all kinds of people.他常與各種人交朋友。 He is associated with Mr Brown in business.他和布朗先生在生意上相聯系。

associate通常指在友好平等的基礎上進行聯合或交往,引申可指事物在邏輯上或思想上的聯想。

associate主要用作及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。也可用作不及物動詞,這時須接介詞with引起的短語,表示“與…交往,與…聯系在一起”。

associate用作名詞意思是“伙伴,同事”,尤指由于共同的職業(yè)、地位、生意而經常聯系的人,也指有共同利害關系或目的而經常保持聯系的同事或伙伴，引申可作“準學士，副學士”解。

associate還可用作形容詞,意思是“合伙的”“非正式的”“副的”。例如：We are associate partners.我們是合伙人。She was an associate member of the club.她是這家俱樂部的非正式成員。He was an associate editor of the paper.他是這家報社的副主編。

為準會員