| 单词 | affiliate |
| 释义 | affiliate —affiliable /euh fil"ee euh beuhl/, adj. —affiliative /euh fil"ee ay'tiv, -fil"ee euh-/, adj. v. /euh fil"ee ayt'/; n. /euh fil"ee it, -ayt'/, v. , affiliated, affiliating, n. v.t. 1. to bring into close association or connection: The research center is affiliated with the university. 2. to attach or unite on terms of fellowship; associate (usually fol. by with in U.S. usage, by to in Brit. usage): to affiliate with the church. 3. to trace the descent, derivation, or origin of: to affiliate a language. 4. to adopt. 5. Law. to fix the paternity of, as an illegitimate child: The mother affiliated her child upon John Doe. v.i. 6. to associate oneself; be intimately united in action or interest. n. 7. a branch organization. 8. Com. a. a business concern owned or controlled in whole or in part by another concern. b. a subsidiary. 9. a person who is affiliated; associate; auxiliary. [1755-65; < L affiliatus adopted as son (ptp. of affiliare), equiv. to af- AF- + fili(us) son + -atus -ATE1] |
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