| 单词 | affinity |
| 释义 | af·fin·i·ty 1. < his kinsman, by blood, or by affinity — Lev 25:49 (Douay Version) > < that grim friendliness which at last arises in all such cases of undesired affinity — Thomas Hardy > broadly < every creature that bears any affinity to my mother is dear to me — William Cowper > 2. a. < the strange affinities and hostilities of temperament — A.C.Benson > — often used with with or between < odd affinities she had with people she had never spoken to — Virginia Woolf > < her temperamental affinity with the stage — S.L.Gulick > < the mysterious affinity between them — Zane Grey > b. < metals without magnetic affinity > < the special affinity of a virus for the nervous system > < he soon developed an affinity for politics > specifically < basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk > < hemoglobin has a greater affinity for carbon monoxide than for oxygen > < the tungsten surface has high electron affinity — V.K.Zworykin & E.G.Ramberg > c. < she became his affinity > 3. obsolete < should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations — Ezra 9:14 (Authorized Version) > 4. < reveals his Scandinavian affinities — Havelock Ellis > < a recognizable stylistic affinity between the extremes — Herbert Read > < essays arranged in groups by affinity of topic — H.W.Odum > < whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable — Jane Austen > < this highly individual work of art bears affinity with diverse sources — Elizabeth Janeway > a. (1) < the affinity of Dutch with English > (2) b. biology |
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