| 单词 | propinquity |
| 释义 | propinquity (once / 12325 pages) n Ah propinquity, a word meaning "proximity or physical closeness." Your propinquity to someone in a conversation will affect whether you can smell his breath or not. Propinquity had a brief moment in the sun on a television show in the 1950s called Dobie Gillis. There was an episode in which the nerdy girl, who was in love with Dobie Gillis, decided to get him to love her back. How? Propinquity! And so she explained it to him, over and over and over, theorizing that just being near someone long enough would tip them over the edge into love. Sadly for her, it didn’t work, but everyone who has ever seen or heard of the episode has the meaning of propinquity burned into their brain. WORD FAMILYpropinquity: propinquities USAGE EXAMPLESI agree, though not just because of the propinquity it has with the tragedy of the Orlando shootings. The Verge(Jun 24, 2016) Propinquity—the outcomes that occur from being physically near others—is gaining more significance as more start moving towards remote work. Forbes(Sep 09, 2014) The theory here is what I call “Propinquity of a Handshake,” which we’ll explain more thoroughly later, but let’s start at the top. Forbes(Aug 05, 2014) n the property of being close together Syn|Hyper proximity closeness, nearness the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance |
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