affinity

英 [əˈfɪnəti]

美 [əˈfɪnəti]

n.  喜好; 喜爱; 密切的关系; 类同

复数：affinities　

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Collins.1 / BNC.6169 / COCA.9246

牛津词典

noun

• 喜好；喜爱
  a strong feeling that you understand sb/sth and like them or it
  1. Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature.
     萨姆在乡下出生，特别喜爱大自然。
• 密切的关系；类同
  a close relationship between two people or things that have similar qualities, structures or features
  1. There is a close affinity between Italian and Spanish.
     意大利语和西班牙语关系密切。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 亲近；熟稔
  If you have anaffinity withsomeone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well.
  1. He has a close affinity with the landscape he knew when he was growing up...
     他对这片从小就了解的土地有着一种归属感。
  2. There is a natural affinity between British and Asian women.
     英国女性和亚洲女性之间有一种自然的亲近感。
• N-COUNT 类似；近似
  If people or things have anaffinitywith each other, they are similar in some ways.
  1. The two plots share certain obvious affinities.
     这两个情节有某种明显的相似。

英英释义

noun

• a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  1. an affinity for politics
  2. the mysterious affinity between them
  3. James's affinity with Sam
• inherent resemblance between persons or things
• the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
  1. basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk
  Synonym:chemical attraction
• (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
• a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
  1. found a natural affinity with the immigrants
  2. felt a deep kinship with the other students
  3. anthropology's kinship with the humanities
  Synonym:kinship
• (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
  1. in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans
  Synonym:phylogenetic relation
• (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption

双语例句

• Having the consciousness of innovation and team cooperation, and the sense of extreme humor and affinity.
  有创新意识和团队合作精神，有极强的幽默感和亲和力。
• If you have an affinity for a person, you can overlook physical imperfections.
  如果你和一个人合得来，你就会忽视他外表上的缺陷。
• According to some modern critics, li yu's Ci poems evince a certain affinity to the people.
  有的现代评论家认为，李煜的词具有一定的人民性。
• Backing of the PLO stemmed more from long-held designs on Jordan than political affinity with palestinians.
  对巴勒斯坦解放组织的支持更多地出于对约旦的长期阴谋，而不是同巴勒斯坦人在政治上的共鸣。
• This substance has an affinity for water.
  这物质和水有亲和力。
• The lysozyme and ribonuclease A were successfully separated by obtained affinity electrochromatography column.
  利用此亲和电色谱柱，成功分离了溶菌酶和核糖核酸酶A。
• The two plots share certain obvious affinities.
  这两个情节有某种明显的相似。
• A request's affinity depends on the Service it's for and the type of operation.
  请求的密切关系取决于它请求的服务和操作类型。
• English have a close affinity to french.
  英语和法语有很密切的关系。
• ( chemistry) having an affinity for lipids.
  （化学）对脂类有亲和力。