Affinity

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n. 密切关系; 吸引力
［英］ n. 密切关系 ( close relationship) ; 吸引力 ( a mutual attraction between a man and a woman)
［记］ af+fin ( 范围) +ity -> 在范围内 -> 密切关系
［同］同根词: infinite ( 无限的) ; confine ( 限制, 监禁)
[反] aversion(n.厌恶)

noun (plural -ties)

Etymology: Middle English affinite, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French affinité, from Latin affinitas, from affinis bordering on, related by marriage, from ad- + finis end, border
Date: 14th century
1. relationship by marriage
2.
- a. sympathy marked by community of interest ; kinship
- b.
  - (1) an attraction to or liking for something people with an affinity to darkness — Mark Twainpork and fennel have a natural affinity for each other — Abby Mandel
  - (2) an attractive force between substances or particles that causes them to enter into and remain in chemical combination
- c. a person especially of the opposite sex having a particular attraction for one
3.
- a. likeness based on relationship or causal connection found an affinity between the teller of a tale and the craftsman — Mary McCarthythis investigation, with affinities to a case history, a psychoanalysis, a detective story — Oliver Sacks
- b. a relation between biological groups involving resemblance in structural plan and indicating a common origin
Synonyms: see attraction