affinity

英 [əˈfɪnəti]

美 [əˈfɪnəti]

n.  喜好; 喜爱; 密切的关系; 类同

复数：affinities　

TOEFLGRETEM8化学

Collins.1 / BNC.6169 / COCA.9246

牛津词典

noun

• 喜好；喜爱
  a strong feeling that you understand sb/sth and like them or it
  1. 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。
• 密切的关系；类同
  a close relationship between two people or things that have similar qualities, structures or features
  1. There is a close affinity between Italian and Spanish.
     意大利语和西班牙语关系密切。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 亲近；熟稔
  If you have anaffinity withsomeone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well.
  1. He has a close affinity with the landscape he knew when he was growing up...
     他对这片从小就了解的土地有着一种归属感。
  2. There is a natural affinity between British and Asian women.
     英国女性和亚洲女性之间有一种自然的亲近感。
• N-COUNT 类似；近似
  If people or things have anaffinitywith each other, they are similar in some ways.
  1. The two plots share certain obvious affinities.
     这两个情节有某种明显的相似。

英英释义

noun

• a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  1. an affinity for politics
  2. the mysterious affinity between them
  3. James's affinity with Sam
• inherent resemblance between persons or things
• the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
  1. basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk
  Synonym:chemical attraction
• (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
• a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
  1. found a natural affinity with the immigrants
  2. felt a deep kinship with the other students
  3. anthropology's kinship with the humanities
  Synonym:kinship
• (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
  1. in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans
  Synonym:phylogenetic relation
• (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption

双语例句

• Maria bears affinity to my mother. one related on the father's side.
  玛莉亚和母亲是姻亲。和父亲家族有关系的人。
• A good Web site domain names can increase the cohesion and the affinity between customers!
  一个好域名能增加网站的凝聚力和与客户之间的亲和力！
• The lysozyme and ribonuclease A were successfully separated by obtained affinity electrochromatography column.
  利用此亲和电色谱柱，成功分离了溶菌酶和核糖核酸酶A。
• The process must have affinity with at least one processor.
  进程必须至少和一个处理器相关。
• English have a close affinity to french.
  英语和法语有很密切的关系。
• This is not because westerners have an affinity for CNN.
  这并不是因为有一个亲西方的美国。
• Has a strong affinity and team spirit.
  具有很强的亲和力和团队精神。
• ( chemistry) having an affinity for lipids.
  （化学）对脂类有亲和力。
• He has a close affinity with the landscape he knew when he was growing up
  他对这片从小就了解的土地有着一种归属感。
• Recombinant human-like collagen with a hexahistidine tail attacked to the carboxyl end could be purified by Metal-chelated affinity adsorption.
  本研究对利用金属螯合亲和方法纯化重组类人胶原蛋白的吸附条件进行了优化。