associate
[ә'sәuʃieit]
n. 伴, 伴,

vt. 使合, 使系

vi. 往

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[] 非正(), ; 合

1. She associated happiness with having money.
   她把幸福想起。
2. I got a new job and a new set of work associations.
   新班新。
3. I don't want to associate myself with them any more.
   愿再往。

associate
[ noun ]

1. a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

<noun.person>
he had to consult his associate before continuing

2. a friend who is frequently in the company of another

<noun.person>
drinking companions
comrades in arms

3. a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise

<noun.person>
associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners

4. any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another

<noun.event>
first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate

5. a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies

<noun.communication>

[ verb ]

1. make a logical or causal connection

<verb.cognition> colligate connect link link up relate tie in
I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
colligate these facts
I cannot relate these events at all

2. keep company with; hang out with

<verb.social> affiliate assort consort
He associates with strange people
She affiliates with her colleagues

3. bring or come into association or action

<verb.social> consociate
The churches consociated to fight their dissolution

[ adj ]

1. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status

<adj.all>
an associate member
an associate professor

Associate \As*so"ci*ate\, v. i.
1. To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy;
as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.

2. To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a
different part of the body. --E. Darwin.


Associate \As*so"ci*ate\, a. [L. associatus, p. p.]
1. Closely connected or joined with some other, as in
interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing
responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge.

While I descend . . . to my associate powers.
--Milton.

2. Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges;
as, an associate member.

3. (Physiol.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate
motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of
preceding motions. --E. Darwin.


Associate \As*so"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Associated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Associating}.] [L. associatus, p. p. of
associare; ad + sociare to join or unite, socius companion.
See {Social}.]
1. To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or
confederate; as, to associate others with us in business,
or in an enterprise.

2. To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of
gold associated with other substances.

3. To connect or place together in thought.

He succeeded in associating his name inseparably
with some names which will last as long as our
language. --Macaulay.

4. To accompany; to keep company with. [Obs.]

Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.
--Shak.


Associate \As*so"ci*ate\, n.
1. A companion; one frequently in company with another,
implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.

2. A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in
a league.

3. One connected with an association or institution without
the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an
associate of the Royal Academy.

4. Anything closely or usually connected with another; an
concomitant.

The one [idea] no sooner comes into the
understanding, than its associate appears with it.
--Locke.

Syn: Companion; mate; fellow; friend; ally; partner;
coadjutor; comrade; accomplice.