partner
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。
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Have the party on a Saturday, when you can get your partner and other willing adults to help
把聚会安排在周六，这样你就可以找自己的搭档和其他愿意帮把手的成年人来帮忙了。
He partnered Andre Agassi to victory.
他和安德烈·阿加西搭档取得胜利。
He had all the qualities I was looking for in a partner
他具有我要找的伴侣应该具备的所有品质。
He's a partner in a Chicago law firm.
他是芝加哥一家律师事务所的合伙人。
Many men still have difficulty accepting a woman as a business partner
许多男性仍然无法接受女性商业伙伴。
Ever since World War the United States has been Japan's principal trade partner.
二次世界大战以来，美国一直是日本的主要贸易伙伴。