1. 不可數名詞： [association (with *** /sth)]聯合，聯系，與某人為伍；友誼，友情，交往
2. 可數名詞： 聯想
3. 可數名詞： 社團；協會；學會
,形容詞 associational,這些名詞均有“社團，會社，協會”之意。
club表俱樂部或會社，其成員因誌同道合，有***同興趣、愛好而組織到壹起進行社交、娛樂或體育等活動。
association指較為正式的組織，強調興趣和需要的壹致性。
institute指為專門的目標而建立的學會或研究所。
league指為了***同的目的和利益而組成的社團、同盟或聯合會。
union多指工會，也指學會或協會。
society可與association換用，但前者的宗旨更嚴格，會員之間聯系更緊密，活動更積極。,the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination,a formal anization of people or groups of people,(chemistry) any process of bination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding,the act of consorting with or joining with others,(ecology) a group of ani *** s (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a munity with a few dominant species,a social or business relationship,a relation resulting from interaction or dependence,the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination,in association with 與…有聯系 ,association plex 植物羣叢復合體 ,association neuron 聯合神經元，聯絡神經元 ,association of soil 土壤組合 ,Medical Association 醫學會 ,ecological association 生態羣落，社羣，羣叢 ,disturbance of association 聯想障礙 ,essential association 基本結合 ,lyophobic association 疏水性締合 ,industrial association 產業工會見industrial union. ,association n.1.[U][association (with *** /sth)]聯合，聯系，與某人為伍；友誼，友情，交往2.[C]聯想3.[C]社團；協會；學會,noci association 醫 傷害性聯合反應,anoci association 創傷性休克防止法