| 单词 | fondness |
| 释义 | fondness (once / 1047 pages) n Fondness is love or affection for someone. Your fondness for your funny Spanish teacher might be part of what inspires you to work hard in his class. When you have a fondness for a person, you feel warm or tender toward them. Your sister's fondness for young children probably makes her a great babysitter. You can also have a fondness for a thing: your friend's fondness for expensive shoes could cause her constant financial difficulty, and your fondness for cupcakes might influence you to learn how to bake. WORD FAMILYfondness: fondnesses+/fond: fonder, fondest, fondly, fondness, overfond/overfond: overfondly USAGE EXAMPLESDecius says that he isn’t concerned about Trump’s seeming fondness for Russia; in his view, thoughtless provocations would be much more dangerous. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Despite her fondness for black backgrounds, it is the bright, life-affirming yellows, oranges, greens and reds that dominate her paintings. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Nabokov was exasperated by Wilson’s fondness for Lenin and Russia, which Nabokov detested. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) 1n a positive feeling of liking Syn|Hypo|Hyper affection, affectionateness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness attachment, fond regard a feeling of affection for a person or an institution protectivenessa feeling of protective affection regard, respecta feeling of friendship and esteem soft spota sentimental affection feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states 2n a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love Syn|Hypo|Hyper affectionateness, lovingness, warmth tenderness a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling uxoriousnessfoolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife emotionalism, emotionality emotional nature or quality 3n a predisposition to like something he had a fondness for whiskey Syn|Hyper fancy, partiality liking a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment |
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