affiliate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈfɪl.i.ət/    美 /əˈfɪl.i.ət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.
    — Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC.
动词 v.
  1. To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring transitive
  2. to bring or receive into close connection; to ally. transitive
    — Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion?
  3. To fix the paternity of transitive
    — to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another
  4. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to. transitive
    — How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?
  5. To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc. intransitive

词形变化

affiliates plural affiliates present,singular,third-person affiliating participle,present affiliated participle,past affiliated past

词汇关系

衍生词
affiliation disaffiliate reaffiliate unaffiliate unaffiliated

词源

词源 1
From Medieval Latin affīliātus, the passive past participle of Late Latin adfīliō, affīliō (“to adopt as son”), from ad- + fīlius + -ō. Equivalent to Latin affīliō + -ate. Compare French affilié (noun).
词源 2
From Medieval Latin affīliātus, the passive past participle of Late Latin adfīliō, affīliō (“to adopt as son”), from ad- + fīlius + -ō. Equivalent to Latin affīliō + -ate. Compare French affilié (noun).
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