The noun is pronounced /ə'fɪliət/. The verb is pronounced /əˌfɪli'eɪt/. 名词读作/ə'fɪliət/,动词读作 /əˌfɪli'eɪt/。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]成员组织;附属机构;分会 An
affiliate is an organization which is officially connected with another, larger organization or is a member of it.
[oft with poss]
[FORMAL 正式]
...twelve companies, including three affiliates of a Texas oil firm...
12家公司,包括得克萨斯一家石油公司的3家分公司
The World Chess Federation has affiliates in around 120 countries.
国际象棋联合会在大约120个国家设有分支机构。
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[VERB 动词]隶属于;并入 If an organization
affiliates to or
with another larger organization, it forms a close connection with the larger organization or becomes a member of it.
[V to/with n]
[Also V]
[FORMAL 正式]
All youth groups will have to affiliate to the National Youth Agency...
所有青年团体必须并入全国青年事务处。
The Government will not allow the staff association to affiliate with outside unions.
政府不会允许其公务员协会与外部工会有紧密联系。
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[VERB 动词](医生或律师等专业人士)与…有正式关系 If a professional person such as a lawyer or doctor
affiliates with an organization, they become officially connected with that organization.
[V with n]
[mainly AM 主美]
[FORMAL 正式]
He said he wanted to affiliate with a U.S. firm because he needed 'expert advice and counsel in legal affairs'.
他说他因为需要“在法律事务上得到专家的意见和建议”,所以想与一家美国律师事务所建立合作关系。