词汇精选：association的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
关联，交往 [C]
例句：
His association with the gang brought him into disrepute.
他同这个帮派的联系使他名誉扫地。
例句：
The association between the two companies stretches back thirty years.
这两家公司的往来可以追溯到30年前。
联合，联系，联想
例句：
A partnership is an association of two or more persons for profit.
合伙企业指的是两个或两个以上的人为了共同利益而组成了的联合体。
例句：
Black was considered inappropriate because of its associations with death.
不宜用黑色，因为它让人联想到死亡。
社团，协会，联盟，团体 [C]
例句：
You exactly hit off the nature of this association when you call it a mutual praising society.
当你把这个社团称为一群互相吹捧的人的时候，你确切地把它描绘得维妙维肖。
例句：
Research associations are often linked to a particular industry.
研究协会常与某个特定的行业挂钩。
二、词义辨析：
club,association,institute,league,union,society
这些名词均有“社团，会社，协会”之意。club表俱乐部或会社，其成员因志同道合，有共同兴趣、爱好而组织到一起进行社交、娱乐或体育等活动。association指较为正式的组织，强调兴趣和需要的一致性。institute指为专门的目标而建立的学会或研究所。league指为了共同的目的和利益而组成的社团、同盟或联合会。union多指工会，也指学会或协会。society可与association换用，但前者的宗旨更严格，会员之间联系更紧密，活动更积极。
三、相关短语：
association football
n. 1.英式足球
association area
联络区
association cortex
联络皮质
free association
自由联想
guilt by association
牵连犯罪
savings and loan association
n. 储蓄贷款社
international development association
【经】 国际开发协会
四、参考例句：
Have you joined the teachers' association?
你加入教师协会了吗?
The Association holds an annual reunion.
这个协会每年聚会一次。
Have you joined the Football Association?
你加入足球协会了吗？
Association is one of the keys to a good memory.
联想是提高记忆力的关键途径之一。
The clean water animal association tends to reappear.
清洁水区的动物群落将会重现。
The association between the two companies stretches back thirty years.
这两家公司的往来可以追溯到30年前。
The association is under the auspices of World Bank.
这个组织是在世界银行的赞助下办的。
In 1859, American medical association announces opposition to abortion.
His association with the gang brought him into disrepute.
他同这个帮派的联系使他名誉扫地。
I benefited a lot from my association with him.
我与他交往获益良多。
