0 a group of people who work together in a single organization for a particular purpose -- 協會;社團;聯盟
The Football Association 足球協會
The British Medical Association is/are campaigning for a complete ban on tobacco advertising. 英國醫學協會正發起一項全面禁止煙草廣告的運動。
1 the fact of being involved with or connected to someone or something -- 聯繫;關係;關聯
The school is affiliated with a national association of driving schools.
It falls to me to thank you for all you have done for the association.
The association needs to win back former members who have allowed their subscriptions to lapse.
As chairman of the association, he held office for over 20 years.
The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design.
His wife's association with a former criminal was a constant source of embarrassment for the prime minister.
He began his long association with the New York City Opera in 1943.