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单词 attachment
释义 at·tach·ment
\əˈtachmənt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English attachement, from Middle French, from Old French atachement, from atachier to attach + -ment — more at attach
1.
 a. : a seizure or taking into custody (of persons or property) by virtue of a legal process
 b. : the writ or precept commanding such seizure — compare garnishment
2.
 a. : the state of being attached (as by affection, sympathy, or self-interest) : fidelity
  < attachment to a friend >
  < attachment to a cause >
 b. : a feeling (as affection) that binds a person : regard
  < sense a growing attachment for a person >
3. : a device that is attached (as to a machine) especially for doing special work
 < attachments for a vacuum cleaner >
4. : the physical connection by which one thing is attached to another : fastening
 < cut the attachments of a muscle to a bone >
5. : an attaching by physical connection
 < the attachment of a recording device to a telephone >
Synonyms:
 affection, love: attachment implies strong liking, devotion, or loyalty
  < the attachment which they all so obviously felt for him — W.S.Maugham >
  < are not to lose their attachment to the land — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
  < strong party attachments >
  < an attachment to a lost cause >
  affection, usually having as its object a sentient thing, implies warmth and tenderness of sentiment, usually settled and regulated
  < a vast amount of quiet, restrained affection, of mutual confidence and respect, even of tenderness — Arnold Bennett >
  < affection for a dog >
  < widespread American affection for France and respect for her very special culture — E.B.George >
  < heightened affection for the memory of the dead — W.D.Howells >
  love implies a feeling stronger and more intense than affection, often connoting passion
  < a love of parent for child >
  < a love of man for woman >
  < a love of God >
  < a love of painting >
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