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单词 affiliated
释义
affiliated
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adj

If two things are affiliated, they are closely associated or connected with one another. When you join a cause, you become affiliated with it and what it represents. You learned to choose your battles more carefully after becoming affiliated with the "Save the Pigeons" campaign.
Coming from the verb "affiliate," the adjective affiliated shares its history, starting with the Latin stem affiliare, meaning "to adopt." As such, we "adopt" the ideals and goals of groups with which we join and become affiliated. You could be affiliated with a particular church or temple. As a celebrity, you are affiliated with a number of charities. There is also a legal meaning, whereby a mother can affiliate a child, or declare its paternity.
WORD FAMILY
affiliated: unaffiliated+/affiliate: affiliated, affiliates, affiliating, affiliation/affiliation: affiliations, reaffiliation
USAGE EXAMPLES
Cox said the plane is kept at a hangar at the airfield, but the six people aboard the aircraft aren’t affiliated with OSU.
Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016)
A representative of the ruling party said it didn’t pay Red Shirts, and the government said it wasn’t affiliated with them.
Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016)
Mr. Gulen’s followers number in the millions, and businessmen affiliated with the cleric include those at some of Turkey’s largest companies.
Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016)
adj being joined in close association
affiliated clubs
Syn
attached, connected
related, related to
being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
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