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单词 affection
释义
affection
noun
uk
/əˈfek.ʃən/us
/əˈfek.ʃən/
B2[UorS]
afeelingoflikingfor apersonorplace:
喜爱；钟爱；挚爱
Shefeltno affectionforthechild.她一点都不疼爱这个孩子。
Hehadadeepaffection for hisaunt.他非常喜爱他的姑妈。
Synonyms
fondness
tenderness(GENTLE)
warmth(FEELING)
affections[plural]
feelingsoflikingorlove:
钟爱之情，爱慕；爱情
Theformerpresidentstillholdsaplaceinthe nation's affections.前总统仍深得全国人民的爱戴。
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winsomeone'saffections
tosucceedinpersuadingsomeone toloveyou:
赢得（某人的）爱
Since hisdivorce, he has beensuspiciousof women whotrytowinhis affections.
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More examples
  • There's never muchdisplayof affection between them.
  • filialaffection
  • Hefindsitdifficultto show affection.
  • In thissocietythere is atabooon anysortofpublicdisplayof affection.
  • Herememberedtheteachersat his firstschoolwithgreataffection.
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Liking
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  • appreciate
  • attached
  • be a glutton forsomethingidiom
  • be a hit withsomeoneidiom
  • be big onsomethingidiom
  • dig
  • grow onsomeone
  • have a lot of time forsomeoneidiom
  • have a thing aboutsomething/someoneidiom
  • lickyourlipsidiom
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  • shook
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(Definition ofaffectionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
affection
noun
uk
/əˈfek.ʃən/us
/əˈfek.ʃən/
B2[UorS]
afeelingoflikingfor apersonorplace
喜爱；钟爱；挚爱
Shefeltno affectionforthechild.她一点都不疼爱这个孩子。
Hehadadeepaffection for hisaunt.他非常喜爱他的姑妈。
affections[plural]
feelingsoflikingorlove
钟爱之情，爱慕；爱情
Theformerpresidentstillholdsaplaceinthe nation's affections.前总统仍深得全国人民的爱戴。
Sulaseemsto havetransferredher affections from Jon to hisbrother.苏拉好像移情别恋了，不再爱乔恩，而喜欢上了他的弟弟。
winsb'saffections
tosucceedinpersuadingsomeone toloveyou
赢得（某人的）爱
More examples
  • There's never muchdisplayof affection between them.
  • filialaffection
  • Hefindsitdifficultto show affection.
  • In thissocietythere is atabooon anysortofpublicdisplayof affection.
  • Herememberedtheteachersat his firstschoolwithgreataffection.

affection| American Dictionary

affection
noun[C/U]
us
/əˈfek·ʃən/
afeelingoflikingsomeone or something:
[U]Pets should betreatedwith affection.
[U]Harrietfeltgreataffection for him.
(Definition ofaffectionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaffection

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Nothing is left which engages the affections on the part of the commonwealth.
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The natural tendency of man to attach upwards through local affections was turned on its head.
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To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections.
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They are part of the rhetoric of the affections, of persuasio; the feelings involved are those of the listeners and do not necessarily always coincide with those in the song.
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Significantly, when he describes the "social passions" (listed as "generosity, humanity, kindness, compassion, mutual friendship and esteem, all the social and benevolent affections"), his principal examples are of the family.
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Industry, in a great measure, depends on property; and a much greater blessing depends on it, which is the gratification of the most dignified natural affections.
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Without law and order we should all be savages, undiscriminating in our casual affections, violent in our revenges, and philistine in our attitude to art and science alike.
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Here, supernatural agents, through their surrogates and instruments, manifest themselves in people's affections.
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When his funds are exhausted, so are the young lady's affections.
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I do not think a wild rabbit is so fastidious in its affections that it would devote its attention only to another wild rabbit.
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Is not our very demand a proof of that confidence and a tribute of our affections?
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There is only a short period, and there are the solicitations of the girl's relatives and the suasion of his own affections for the girl.
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The same remark would apply to certain skin affections and infections from which troops on active service are particularly inclined to suffer.
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They are encouraging us to accept responsibility and to abandon our personal and party prejudices and partial affections.
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Any shipyard worker is capable of transferring his affections from the shipbuilding industry to the ship-repairing industry.
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Collocationswithaffection

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bond of affection
To take this step will not halt progress in ecumenical dialogue, bonds of affection and common action for human betterment.
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deep affection
Whilst acknowledging the flaws of both parents' characters, the book is nevertheless written with wit and humour, as well asdeepaffection.
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display of affection
In such cases the opendisplayofaffectionwas 'feigned' (krtaka).
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