associate
单词辨析：
普通用词，词义广泛，可指有合作关系的组织或国家、生意上的合伙人、配偶或情人、跳舞或玩游戏的搭档等。
Can you name one of our principal trading partners in Africa?
你能说出我们在非洲的主要贸易伙伴之一吗？
He is my business partner.
他是我生意上的合伙人。
He prefers to discuss his worries with his partner.
他更愿意和自己的另一半谈谈他的烦心事。
She is my table tennis partner.
她是我的乒乓球搭档。
尤指向从政者提供支持的人，或同意在战争中给予另一国家支持和帮助的国家。
He was one of the President's closest allies.
他是总统最亲密的盟友之一。
She described him as a close friend and an ally.
她称他是密友和盟友。
If you're going to succeed in this job, you will need allies.
如果你要在这个工作上成功，你就需要支持者。
Where did the meeting of the European allies take place?
欧洲同盟国会议是在哪里举行的？
指生意上的合作伙伴或一起工作的人。
Jim is one of Tom's business associates.
吉姆是汤姆的一个生意伙伴。
My associate Pont is psychologically more adept.
我的同事庞特比较善于揣摩心理。
A close associate of the chairman denied reports that he had cancer.
与董事长关系密切的一位同事否认了他患癌症的报道。
相关例句：
To associate the policy with the transaction service.
将策略和事务服务关联。
He will remain affiliated with the firm as a special associate director.
他将作为特别副经理继续为该公司工作。
We naturally associate the name of Darwin with the doctrine of evolution.
我们自然而然地把达尔文的名字与进化论联系在一起。
Mr Lin is associate director of the Institute
林先生是研究所的副所长。
I'd advise you not to associate with him, he's bad egg.
我奉劝你不要和他交往，他是一个卑鄙小人。
I don't associate the two ideas.
这两个概念我联系不起来。