Affiliate

[ə'fɪlɪeɪt] or [ə'fɪlɪet]

解释:

(noun.) a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; 'network affiliates'.

(noun.) a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization.

(verb.) join in an affiliation; 'The two colleges affiliated'; 'They affiliated with a national group'.

杰罗姆录入--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

(v. t.) To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.

(v. t.) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.

(v. t.) To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with.

(v. i.) To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.

黛娜编辑

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Adopt, treat as one's own child.[2]. Connect, associate, unite, join, bring into close relation.

芭芭拉校对

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Annex, graft, incorporate, unite, adopt, inoculate

ANT:Dismember, disannex, disaffiliate, sever, transplant, separate, disjoin,disunite

校对:尼古拉斯

解释:

v.t. to receive into a family as a son or into a society as a member: to attach to or connect with as minor colleges with a university: to impute paternity to to attribute to to father on or upon.—n. Affiliā′tion the act of receiving into a family or society as a member: (law) the assignment of an illegitimate child to its father the assignment of anything to its origin.

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