- 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.
From the word’s history
From Medieval Latin affīliātus, past participle of affīliō 'to adopt as son', from ad- + fīlius.
源自中世紀拉丁文 affīliātus，來自 affīliō「收為兒子」。
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
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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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