n. 关联分析, 协会组织；协会, 关联（association复数）

n a formal organization of people or groups of people

n the act of consorting with or joining with others

n the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

n the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

n a social or business relationship

n a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

n (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

n (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species