单词 | affinity |
释义 | affinityaffinity /əˈfɪnət̮i/ ●○○ noun (plural affinities) 1[countable usually singular, uncountable] a strong feeling that you like something, or that you like and understand someone because you share the same ideas or interests: affinity for Craig has a natural affinity for math.affinity between There was a strong affinity between the two men.affinity with Amanda’s remarkable affinity with animals2[countable, uncountable] a close similarity or relationship between two things because of qualities or features that they both have: affinity between There is a surprising affinity between the two religions.affinity with His work has affinities with recent Marxist writing.3[countable, uncountable] science, physics a force or attraction between atoms, molecules, etc. that makes them combine [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French afinité, from Latin affinis sharing a border, related by marriage] |
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