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associate

verb
 OPAL W
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪt/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪt/
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪt/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they associate
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪt/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪt/
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪt/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪt/
he / she / it associates
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪts/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪts/
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪts/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪts/
past simple associated
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd/
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd/
past participle associated
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd/
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd/
-ing form associating
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪtɪŋ/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪŋ/
🔊/əˈsəʊsieɪtɪŋ/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪŋ/
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  1.  
     [transitive] to make a connection between people or things in your mind联想；联系
    • associate somebody/something with somebody/something I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood.一闻到烘烤食物的味道，我就想起了童年。🔊🔊
    • He is closely associated in the public mind with horror movies.在公众的心目中，他总是和恐怖电影紧密联系在一起。🔊🔊
    • Most people immediately associate addictions with drugs, alcohol and cigarettes.大多数人会立即将成瘾与毒品，酒精和香烟联系在一起。
    • associate somebody/something You wouldn’t normally associate these two writers—their styles are completely different.通常不会把这两位作家相提并论--他们两人的风格完全不同。
  2. [intransitive] associate with somebody to spend time with somebody, especially a person or people that somebody else does not approve of交往；（尤指）混在一起 synonym mix
    • I don't like you associating with those people.我不喜欢你和那些人混在一起。🔊🔊
  3. [transitive] associate yourself with something (formal) to show that you support or agree with something表明支持；表示同意
    • I associate myself with the prime minister's remarks (= I agree with them).我赞同首相所言。🔊🔊
    • I have never associated myself with political extremism.我从来不赞同政治上的极端主义。
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    4. opposite dissociate
    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘join with in a common purpose’; as an adjective in the sense ‘allied’): from Latin associat- ‘joined’, from the verb associare, from ad- ‘to’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’.

associate

adjective
🔊/əˈsəʊsiət/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃiət/
🔊/əˈsəʊsiət/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃiət/
[only before noun]
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  1. (often in titles常用于头衔) of a lower rank; having fewer rights in a particular profession or organization非正式的；准的；副的
    • associate membership of the European Union欧洲联盟的非正式会员身份
    • an associate member/director/editor准会员；副导演；副主编
    • She was only the associate producer of the movie.她只是这部电影的副制片人。
  2. joined to or connected with a profession or an organization联合的；有关联的
    • an associate company in Japan在日本的一家联营公司
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘join with in a common purpose’; as an adjective in the sense ‘allied’): from Latin associat- ‘joined’, from the verb associare, from ad- ‘to’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’.

associate

noun
🔊/əˈsəʊsiət/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃiət/
🔊/əˈsəʊsiət/, 🔊/əˈsəʊʃiət/
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  1. a person that you work with, do business with or spend a lot of time with同事；伙伴
    • business associates业务伙伴
    • a close political associate of的密切政治伙伴
    • The company is called Landor Associates.这家公司叫兰多联合公司。
    • He was known to be one of the convicted man’s associates.据说他是这个罪犯的一个同伙。
    Topics Businessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • close
    • former
    • old
    • …
    See full entry
  2. (also Associate)
     an associate member准会员
  3. Associate
     (US English) a person who has an Associate’s degree (= one that is given after completing two years of study at a junior college) 准学士（获得两年制高校学位）
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘join with in a common purpose’; as an adjective in the sense ‘allied’): from Latin associat- ‘joined’, from the verb associare, from ad- ‘to’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’.