| 单词 | affinity |
| 释义 | Word Frequency affinity(əˈfɪnɪtɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ties 1. (foll by with or for) a natural liking, taste, or inclination towards a person or thing 2. the person or thing so liked 3. a close similarity in appearance or quality; inherent likeness 4. relationship by marriage or by ties other than of blood, as by adoption Compare consanguinity 5. similarity in structure, form, etc, between different animals, plants, or languages 6. chemistry a. the tendency for two substances to combine; chemical attraction b. a measure of the tendency of a chemical reaction to take place expressed in terms of the free energy change Symbol: A7. biology a measure of the degree of interaction between two molecules, such as an antigen and antibody or a hormone and its receptor Derived forms affinitive (afˈfinitive) adjective Word origin C14: via Old French from Latin affīnitāt- connected by marriage, from affīnis bordering on, related |
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