affinity

英 [?'f?n?t?] 美[?'f?n?ti]

CET6+TEM8GRETOEFL低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?affinities;

affinity 喜愛

前綴af-同ad-, 去，往。詞根fin, 范圍，見finish. 原指結(jié)為親家，納入親人范圍，后指喜愛。

affinity: affinity: [14] The abstract notion of ‘relationship’ in affinity was originally a more concrete conception of a border. The word comes, via Old French afinite, from the Latin adjective affinis, which meant literally ‘bordering on something’. It was formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and the noun finis ‘border’ (from which English also gets finish, confine, and define).
=> confine, define, finish, paraffin, refine
affinity (n.): c. 1300, "relation by marriage" (as opposed to consanguinity), from Old French afinité (12c.), from Latin affinitatem (nominative affinitas) "neighborhood, relationship by marriage," noun of state from affinis "adjacent," also "kin by marriage," literally "bordering on," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + finis "a border, a boundary" (see finish (v.)). Used figuratively since c. 1600 of structural relationships in chemistry, philology, etc. Meaning "natural attraction" (as though by family) is from 1610s.

1. There is a natural affinity between British and Asian women.: 英國(guó)女性和亞洲女性之間有一種自然的親近感。

2. Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature.: 薩姆在鄉(xiāng)下出生，特別喜愛大自然。

4. I felt a great affinity with the people of the Highlands.: 我被蘇格蘭高地人民深深地吸引.

5. It's important that you share an affinity with your husband.: 和丈夫有共同的愛好是十分重要的.