associate
verb OPAL W
/əˈsəʊsieɪt/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/
/əˈsəʊsieɪt/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/
动词形式
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/ |
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.
大多数人会立即将上瘾与毒品、酒精和香烟联系起来。 - 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。
- associate somebody/something with somebody/something I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood.
- [intransitive] associate with somebody to spend time with somebody, especially a person or people that somebody else does not approve of
synonym mix交往;(尤指)混在一起 - I don't like you associating with those people.
我不喜欢你和那些人混在一起。
- I don't like you associating with those people.
- [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。
opposite dissociate - I associate myself with the prime minister's remarks (= I agree with them).
词源late 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’.