1761, from Latin affiliatus, past participle of affiliare "to adopt" (see affiliation). Outside legal use, always figurative. Related: Affiliated; affiliating.
实用例句
1. Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.
我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The Government will not allow the staff association to affiliate with outside unions.
政府不会允许其公务员协会与外部工会有紧密联系。来自柯林斯例句
3. He said he wanted to affiliate with a U.S. firm because he needed "expert advice and counsel in legal affairs".