association汉语翻译：
n. 协会
【计】关联
【化】缔合; 缔合作用
【医】联合, 缔合; 联想; 协会
相关词组:
in association with...词型变化：
形容词:associational词意辨析：
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。英语解释：
名词 association:

a formal organization of people or groups of people

the act of consorting with or joining with others

the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

a social or business relationship同义词：affiliation, tie, tie-up

the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination同义词：connection, connexion

a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

例句：

I benefited a lot from my association with him.我与他交往获益良多。

He is a member of the Association of University Teachers.他是大学教师联合会的一名成员。

详细解释：
as.so.ci.a.tion
n.（名词）
The act of associating or the state of being associated.
联系：联系的行为或处于被联系的状态
Abbr. assn.,assoc.An organized body of people who have an interest, an activity, or a purpose in common; a society.
缩写 assn.,assoc.协会：有共同兴趣、活动或目的的有组织的人群团体；学会
A mental connection or relation between thoughts, feelings, ideas, or sensations.
联想：思想、感情、观点或感觉之间的心理关联或联系
A remembered or imagined feeling, emotion, idea, or sensation linked to a person, object, or idea.
回忆或遐想：指与另一人、物或观点联系在一起的记忆中的或想象的感情、情感、观点或感觉
Chemistry Any of various processes of combination, such as hydration, solvation, or complex-ion formation, depending on relatively weak chemical bonding.
【化学】缔合：靠相对弱的化学束缚而产生的化合过程的一种，如水合、融合或结合
Ecology A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species.
【生态学】群丛，结合体：在一特定地理区域里由一种或两种主要种类构成的区域的大量有机体
【引伸】
asso.cia.tional
adj.（形容词）