- [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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsc2He 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。
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- [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 Extra ExamplesIn 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。
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Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘relationship by marriage’): via Old French from Latin affinitas, from affinis ‘related’ (literally ‘bordering on’), from ad- ‘to’ + finis ‘border’.