abbreviation: Assoc.
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Association: an official group of people who have joined together for a particular purpose 协会；社团；联盟
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an idea or a memory that is suggested by sb/sth; a mental connection between ideas 联想；联系
The seaside had all sorts of pleasant associations with childhood holidays for me.
海滨使我联想起童年假期的各种愉快情景。The cat soon made the association between human beings and food.
这只猫很快就把人类与食物联系起来。