1. 1(名詞)附屬機構、加盟商;(動詞)使隸屬、加盟

    As a noun, an organization or business officially connected to a bigger one — a local TV station that is an affiliate of a national network, for example. As a verb, to affiliate means to officially join or connect with a larger group. You'll also see "affiliate marketing," where someone earns money by promoting another company's products online.

core核心畫面

組成From Latin affiliare, literally "to adopt as a son" (ad- "to" + filius "son").

同家族的字

  • filialshares the Latin root filius, meaning son

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

affiliatenoun/əˈfɪl.i.ət/

  • 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.
    • They used to been^([sic]) more of a Detroit channel, as they had showed a lot of American programs, aside from being the CBC affiliate.

affiliateverb/əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/

  • 1

    To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring

  • 2

    to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

    • Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion?
  • 3

    To fix the paternity of

    • 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.

    • 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.

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