affiliate

• n. 聯號；隸屬的機構等
• vt. 使附屬；接納；使緊密聯係
• vi. 參加，加入；發生聯係

前綴af-同ad-, 去，往。詞根fil, 子女，來自詞根fe, 喂養，吮吸，同female,女的。

affiliate (adj.)

1858, from affiliate (v.).

affiliate (n.)

1846, from affiliate (v.).

affiliate (v.)

1761, from Latin affiliatus, past participle of affiliare "to adopt" (see affiliation). Outside legal use, always figurative. Related: Affiliated; affiliating.

1. Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.

我們的紐約公司在洛杉磯有一個下屬企業.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The Government will not allow the staff association to affiliate with outside unions.

政府不會允許其公務員協會與外部工會有緊密聯係。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He said he wanted to affiliate with a U.S. firm because he needed "expert advice and counsel in legal affairs".

他說他因為需要“在法律事務上得到專家的意見和建議”，所以想與一家美國律師事務所建立合作關係。

來自柯林斯例句

4. All youth groups will have to affiliate to the National Youth Agency.

所有青年團體必須並入全國青年事務處。

來自辭典例句

5. They tried to affiliate that play to its author.

他們試圖追尋那個劇本的作者.

來自辭典例句