| 单词 | affection |
| 释义 | af·fec·tion I. 1. < that serene and blessed mood in which the affections gently lead us on — William Wordsworth > 2. < the young man warmly reciprocated her affection — Elinor Wylie > < music played with affection and understanding — Irving Kolodin > < you had some affection for him — George Meredith > — sometimes used in plural < he had been endowed with powerful family affections that were progressively frustrated — Allen Tate > < the dearest object of their affections — H.T.Buckle > < a powerful rival for the affections of the working class — J.G.Colton > 3. obsolete a. b. < 'tis the curse of service, preferment goes by letter and affection, and not by old gradation, where each second stood heir to the first — Shakespeare > 4. psychology a. b. 5. a. < my lawyer is bound by all his affections to encourage me in litigation — G.B.Shaw > b. archaic < they might discover themselves mock'd in these monstrous affections — Ben Jonson > Synonyms: see attachment, feeling II. III. 1. < the reciprocal affection of moving bodies > 2. a. (1) (2) < a pulmonary affection > b. (1) archaic < veins that produce an accidental affection of granite > (2) < shape and weight are affections of bodies > 3. |
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