affinity
noun /əˈfɪnəti/
/əˈfɪnəti/
(plural affinities)
(formal)- [singular] affinity (for/with somebody/something) | affinity (between A and B) a strong feeling that you understand somebody/something and like them or it
喜好；喜爱 - 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。 - Humans have a special affinity for dolphins.
人类格外喜爱海豚。
Topics Family and relationshipsc2- He has a natural affinity with numbers.
他天生就喜欢数字。 - His work shows some affinity with current trends in design.
他的作品与时下的设计趋势有某些相似之处。 - I felt a great affinity with the people of the Highlands.
我被苏格兰高地人民深深地吸引。 - Jo feels a great affinity towards Pamela.
乔十分喜欢帕梅拉。 - Many girls do show an affinity for craft skills.
许多女孩子确实喜爱手工。 - She felt an affinity with earlier poets.
她喜欢较早时期的诗人。 - It's important that you share an affinity with your husband.
和丈夫有共同的爱好十分重要。 - There was a natural affinity between the two women.
这两个女人之间有一种天然的亲密关系。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- great
- real
- …
- degree
- level
- feel
- have
- share
- …
- affinity between
- affinity for
- affinity towards/toward
- …
- Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature.
- [uncountable, countable] affinity (with somebody/something) | affinity (between A and B) a close relationship between two people or things that have similar qualities, structures or features
密切的关系；类同 - There is a close affinity between Italian and Spanish.
意大利语和西班牙语关系密切。
- In his poems he showed some affinity with Coleridge.
他的诗与柯尔律治的诗有某些相似。 - There is a close affinity between these two species.
这两个物种极为相似。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- great
- real
- …
- degree
- level
- feel
- have
- share
- …
- affinity between
- affinity for
- affinity towards/toward
- …
- There is a close affinity between Italian and Spanish.
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘relationship by marriage’): via Old French from Latin affinitas, from affinis ‘related’ (literally ‘bordering on’), from ad- ‘to’ + finis ‘border’.