【associate音标】 英[əˈsəʊʃieɪt] 美[əˈsoʊʃieɪt]
【单词释义】 associate是什么意思：
vt.（使）发生联系；（使）联合；结交，交往；联系，联想
vi.联盟；陪伴同事
n.合伙人；伴侣，同志；副职，副手；非正式会员
adj.联合的；合伙的；非正式的；（性质上）有密切联系的
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] associates [第三人称单数] associates
[单词现在分词] associating
[单词过去式] associated
[单词过去分词] associated
【关联词/派生词】
associative adj. 联想的；联合的；组合的
【associate形近词/近似词】
appreciate v. 欣赏；感谢
depreciate v.（使）贬值；（使）跌价；轻视；贬低
emaciate vt.（使）消瘦；（使）衰弱
officiate v.主持（仪式）；行使（职务）；履行职务；担任裁判
dissociate v.使分离；分离；分裂
denunciate v.谴责；公开指责；公然抨击
excruciate vt. （使）受酷刑；折磨
enunciate v.阐明；清楚地表明；清晰地发音
【单词例句】
◇ "Lots of patients understand that what they need to do is remove food remnants," says Josefine Hirschfeld, associate professor and specialist in restorative dentistry at the University of Birmingham in the UK. "That is only partially true. It's much more important to remove bacteria from the teeth."
英国伯明翰大学副教授、修复牙科学专家约瑟芬·赫希菲尔德说：“很多患者知道刷牙需要清除食物残渣。他们只说对了一半。事实上，清除牙齿上的细菌要重要得多。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ “Oh, yes," she replied. "I will promise you anything if only you bring back my ball."But she thought to herself that a silly frog like him could not be fit to associate with mankind.
她回答说：“哦，好的。只要你把我的金球拿回来，我什么都答应你。”但是她心想，像它那样愚笨的青蛙是不配和人类交往的。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ When people seized this crazy man with caution and sobered him by tapping his face, he complained about the bad weather instead of associating his failure with his unscientific design.
当人们小心地抓住这个失去理智的人，轻轻拍打他的脸使他清醒过来时，他还在抱怨糟糕的坏天气，却没有将他的失败与他不科学的设计联系起来。
---- Strange Patent Applications
◇ There is no rigid definition of the words, but there are some general attributes for each. A college is typically a four-year school that offers undergraduate degrees like an associate or a bachelor's. (Community colleges are often two-year schools.)
这两个词没有严格的定义，但却有各自的属性。北美的college一般指提供本科学位（比如准学士学位或学士学位）的四年制大学。（社区学院通常是两年制高校）。
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?
◇ To do this, they asked the human guinea pigs to list attributes and emotions that they associate with certain colors in the hopes of also finding out what different hues mean to different people, and what may influence this.
为了达到实验目的，他们让实验对象列出特定颜色相关的属性和代表情绪，既希望找出不同的颜色对不同的人意味着什么，也希望弄明白这其中有哪些影响因素。
---- What is the world's most relaxing color?
◇ Being fit earlier in life is associated with a reduced risk, in some cases of up to 42%, of developing nine different types of cancer in later life, according to a large long-term study.
一项大型长期研究显示，年轻时身强体健可以降低年老时患上9种不同癌症的风险，某些情况下甚至能将风险降低42%之多。
---- Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older
◇ Until the seventeenth century, Orthodox couples normally wore their rings on the right hand (an extremity that's associated with strength) and most Europeans of all faiths followed suit.
一直到17世纪，东正教夫妇们通常都将戒指戴在右手上（和力量有关的一种极端做法），多数欧洲人（无论是什么信仰）都效仿了这种做法。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ "A lot of this aligns with what past research on energy and productivity tells us," says John Trougakos, an associate professor of organisational behaviour at the University of Toronto in Canada.
加拿大多伦多大学组织行为副教授约翰-特劳加科斯说：“大多数调查结果和之前关于精力和工作效率的调查一致。”
---- Is this the best time to be productive?
◇ "There are a few different things going on here," Dr. Angela Catic, a geriatrician and associate professor in the Huffington Center on Aging at Baylor College of Medicine, tells Yahoo Life. One, she says, is that the discs between the vertebrae in your spine lose fluid as you get older. "They become dehydrated and, with that, they lose height — and you lose a bit of height," she says.
美国贝勒医学院赫芬顿衰老研究中心的老年病学专家、副教授安吉拉·卡蒂克博士告诉雅虎生活频道：“有几种不同情况。”一种情况是，年纪大了以后，脊柱椎间盘所含的液体会减少。她指出：“脊柱椎间盘脱水后会变短，从而让你变矮。”
---- Why do you shrink when you get older
◇ Serious doubts remain over whether consumers will be interested in having to make the sort of mental effort associated with computing while also settling down in front of a sitcom.
现在严重的疑虑是当消费者坐下来看连续剧时，是否有兴趣用电脑做些智力游戏。