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affinity

/uh-fin-i-tee/US // əˈfɪn ɪ ti //UK // (əˈfɪnɪtɪ) //

亲和力,亲和性,亲缘关系,亲和

Related Words

weakness弱点,虚弱,弱势,虚弱性closeness亲密性,亲密程度,亲密,亲近rapport友好关系,亲密关系,友善关系,友好sympathy同情心,同情,共鸣,同情者fondness癖好,喜爱,恋情,喜好leaning倾斜的,倾斜,倾斜度,倾斜性affection情感,爱心,情爱,情义resemblance相似性,相似,相似度,相似之处kinship亲属关系,亲戚关系,亲属,血缘关系thing事物,事,事项,事态partiality偏袒,偏私,偏袒性,偏心attraction吸引力,吸引,景点,吸引人compatibility兼容性,相容性,兼容性问题,兼容cotton棉花,棉布,纺织品,棉纱druthers德鲁斯,德鲁瑟,德鲁瑟斯,德鲁特correspondence通信,通信联络,通信方式,通信联络方式similitude相似性,类似性,相像性,相似度semblance象征性,外貌特征,象征性的,象征likeness类似性,类似物,类似度,类似relationship关系,的关系,关联,关联性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural af·fin·i·ties.

    • : a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.
    • : a person, thing, idea, etc., for which such a natural liking or attraction is felt.
    • : relationship by marriage or by ties other than those of blood.
    • : inherent likeness or agreement; close resemblance or connection.
    • : Biology. the phylogenetic relationship between two organisms or groups of organisms resulting in a resemblance in general plan or structure, or in the essential structural parts.
    • : Chemistry. the force by which atoms are held together in chemical compounds.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to persons who share the same interests: to arrange charter flights for opera lovers and other affinity groups.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounliking or inclination toward something
Synonyms
affection情感,爱心,情爱,情义closeness亲密性,亲密程度,亲密,亲近fondness癖好,喜爱,恋情,喜好leaning倾斜的,倾斜,倾斜度,倾斜性rapport友好关系,亲密关系,友善关系,友好sympathy同情心,同情,共鸣,同情者weakness弱点,虚弱,弱势,虚弱性attraction吸引力,吸引,景点,吸引人compatibility兼容性,相容性,兼容性问题,兼容cotton棉花,棉布,纺织品,棉纱druthers德鲁斯,德鲁瑟,德鲁瑟斯,德鲁特partiality偏袒,偏私,偏袒性,偏心thing事物,事,事项,事态cup of tea一杯茶,茶杯,杯茶,杯子里的茶good vibrations良好的振动,良好的震动,好的振动,好振动same wavelength同一波长,相同波长,相同的波长,同样的波长simpatico顺利,顺利的,顺利完成,顺利通过
nounsimilarity
Synonyms
closeness亲密性,亲密程度,亲密,亲近kinship亲属关系,亲戚关系,亲属,血缘关系resemblance相似性,相似,相似度,相似之处alikeness弹性,弹性化,弹性化程度alliance联盟,联盟的,联盟的工作analogy类比,比方说,比喻,比拟association协会,协会简介,社团,关联connection连接,联系,连接方式,连接处correspondence通信,通信联络,通信方式,通信联络方式likeness类似性,类似物,类似度,类似relation关系relationship关系,的关系,关联,关联性semblance象征性,外貌特征,象征性的,象征similitude相似性,类似性,相像性,相似度

Examples

  • Then I went to San Diego and started my first show at 21 at One America News, which has recently gotten a little bit more popular and some more headlines around it, of course, given the president’s affinity for it.

  • All those who place ads on Google are allowed to address their affinity audiences through Gmail, video, display, and search efforts.

  • If affinity audiences are floating users whose attention towards your products may falter at times, custom affinity audiences are anchored to your company.

  • This effect “was driven by their intolerance for incongruent comments rather than an elevated affinity for congruent comments,” the researchers wrote.

  • While this type of content doesn’t yield a huge amount of income in the short term, it does help to build brand affinity, and ultimately sales, in the long term.

  • He can use that affinity to build confidence for a Jacksonian approach to world chaos.

  • That affinity has to come from somewhere besides just the entertainment value.

  • How did it come to be then that she would feel an affinity for Aurora and start to care for her?

  • Where does your affinity for long, tracking shots come from?

  • Jokes aside, the folksy, blunt-talking Republican had a real affinity and passion for the issue.

  • Is there to be some mysterious affinity between chewing and the revolutions, especially the social revolutions of the future?

  • I don't doubt you will find more than one affinity if you are awakening; that is merely the mating instinct.

  • The striking resemblance of Kingia, in caudex and leaves, to Xanthorrhoea, cannot fail to suggest its affinity to that genus also.

  • Yet we are told that heat, motion, electricity and chemical affinity are the causes of mental and moral action.

  • In none of these particulars does man stand quite alone; in all of them an affinity with the lower animals exists.

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