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  • US
  • [ə'fεkʃən][əˈfekʃən]
  • UK
  • [ə'fekʃən]
  • Derivatives : adj  affectional
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

affection [ə'fεkʃən]
  1. 1. noun [u] (fondness) 喜爱
  2. 2. n pl affections 爱慕
    to feel affection for sb
    喜欢某人
    to win sb's affection
    赢得某人爱慕

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

affection [ə'fεkʃən] [ə'fekʃən]
  1. 1. noun 影响
  2. 2. noun 事物的)属性特性
  3. 3. noun 疾病失调,(身体欠佳
affection [əˈfekʃən]
  1. 1. n.[c/u] 属性特性
  2. 2. n.[c/u] 喜爱爱慕
    He always showed so much affection towards me; something I cherish greatly.
    一直表现出对我的浓浓爱意;这是我极为珍惜东西
    He had trouble expressing the affection he felt.
    他讷于表达自己的爱慕之情。
  3. 3. n.[c] [Old-fashioned] 疾病身体欠佳
  4. 4. n.[c] 影响

Collins English-English Dictionary

affection [ə'fεkʃən]
  1. 1. n a feeling of fondness or tenderness for a person or thing; attachment
  2. 2. n [often plural] emotion, feeling, or sentiment
    to play on a person's affections
  3. 3. n [pathol] any disease or pathological condition
  4. 4. n [psychol] any form of mental functioning that involves emotion - See also affect
  5. 5. n the act of affecting or the state of being affected
  6. 6. n [Archaic] inclination or disposition
  7. 7. n [Etymology] C13: from Latin affection- disposition, from afficere to affect1

Examples

ties of affection
感情上的联系
affection that soon withered
迅速消失的感情
to feel affection for sb
喜欢某人
He always showed so much affection towards me; something I cherish greatly.
他一直表现出对我的浓浓爱意;这是我极为珍惜的东西。
Love is a profound feeling of tender affection for or intense attraction to another.
爱是一个人对另一个人所拥有的一种浓浓爱恋之情,或者说是一个人对另一个人所拥有的一种强烈的吸引力。
A few months on in their friendship Nigel began to be sick of the hints of affection dropped by Eleanor.
在他们存在友谊的几个月里,奈杰尔开始对埃莉诺流露出的爱意感到厌倦。

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