n. 协会，社团,联合，联系,联想
association可以用作名词
association的基本意思是“协会,社团”,指会员较多且具有共同兴趣和宗旨的比较正式的组织,对其成员的要求和活动内容都比较宽。association在句中用作主语时,其谓语动词的数视其着眼点不同可使用单数形式或复数形式。
association也可作“联合,结合,交往”解,后常接with引导的短语；association引申可作“联想”解，还可作“因果关系”解。
association用作名词的用法例句
Have you joined the teachers' association?你加入教师协会了吗?
About 20 people have registered in the association.大约有20人已登记加入这一协会。
There is a hide-and-seek association with a leader who is nowhere to be found.有一个躲猫猫社团，他们的团长现在还没有找到。
1、The support of our members is of great importance to the Association.
会员的支持对于我们协会来说非常重要。
2、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。
3、The National Collegiate Athletic Association introduced drug testing in the mid-1980s.
美国大学体育联合会在20世纪80年代中期开始实行药物检测。