associate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /əˈsəʊʃi.ət/|/əˈsəʊsi.ət/    美 /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/|/əˈsoʊsi.ət/|/əˈsoʊʃi.ɪt/|/əˈsoʊsi.ɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
    — Allow me to introduce my business associates, Alice and Bob, who are senior VPs for ops and strategy, respectively.
  2. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
  3. A companion; a comrade.
  4. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
  5. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
  6. One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).
  7. A casual friend, acquaintance
动词 v.
  1. To join in or form a league, union, or association. intransitive
  2. To spend time socially; keep company. intransitive
    — She associates with her coworkers on weekends.
  3. To join as a partner, ally, or friend. transitive
    — He associated his name with many environmental causes.
  4. To connect or join together; combine. transitive
    — particles of gold associated with other substances
  5. To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination. transitive
    — I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.
  6. To endorse. reflexive
    — She refused to associate herself with the petition.
  7. To be associative.
  8. To accompany; to be in the company of. obsolete,transitive
    — Friends should associate friends in grief and woe
形容词 adj.
  1. Joined with another or others and having lower status. not-comparable
    — The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post.
  2. Having partial status or privileges. not-comparable
    — He is an associate member of the club.
  3. Following or accompanying; concomitant. not-comparable
  4. Connected by habit or sympathy. dated,not-comparable
    — associate motions
    motions that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions

词形变化

associates plural associates present,singular,third-person associating participle,present associated participle,past associated past

词汇关系

近义词
adjunct associate business partner cohort colaborer /colabourer collaborator colleague compeer confrere consociate coworker /co-worker fellow jobmate workfellow workmate
反义词
disassociate
上位词
employe employee laborer /labourer person toiler workie worker
下位词
girl Friday man Friday officemate /office mate partner right-hand man right-hand woman
衍生词
associate professor physician associate associate degree associate's degree associateship associatism associette heteroassociate sales associate adeno-associated associahedron associator interassociate misassociate photoassociate preassociate reassociate sea star-associated densovirus unassociate vanadium-associated protein
相关词
accomplice aide apprentice assistant boss coconspirator helper helpmate helpmeet manager mentee mentor supervisor trainee trainer acquaintance attendant friend association associative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- + sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).
词源 2
From the substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
词源 3
From Middle English associat(e) (“associated, allied”) (the verb *associaten is not found in Middle English writings and only attested at a later period), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of associe.
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