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affinity n.密切关系,吸引力,姻亲关系,亲合力 When you are attracted to someone or something a great deal, we say that you have an affinity, a natural connection. Likewise, scientists use affinity to describe organisms that are alike or resemble each other. Interestingly, the Middle English word, affinite, originally applied to people who were connected or related by marriage, rather than by biology. ★☆☆☆☆ 1999.6

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[ə'finiti] If you get along with someone very well, you have an affinity with them. Sometimes opposites attract, so you might feel a strange affinity to someone who is seemingly very different from you. While history once revered its affinity to literature and philosophy, the emerging social sciences seemed to afford greater opportunities for asking new questions and providing rewarding approaches to an understanding of the past. 1[N-SING 单数名词]亲近；熟稔 If you have an affinity with someone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well.   [also no det]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。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。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]类似；近似 If people or things have an affinity with each other, they are similar in some ways.   [FORMAL 正式]The two plots share certain obvious affinities.这两个情节有某种明显的相似。

英语单词	affinity
英美音标	[ə'finiti]
中文释义	n.密切关系,吸引力,姻亲关系,亲合力
vocab简明	If you get along with someone very well, you have an affinity with them. Sometimes opposites attract, so you might feel a strange affinity to someone who is seemingly very different from you.
vocab扩展	When you are attracted to someone or something a great deal, we say that you have an affinity, a natural connection. Likewise, scientists use affinity to describe organisms that are alike or resemble each other. Interestingly, the Middle English word, affinite, originally applied to people who were connected or related by marriage, rather than by biology.
真题原句	While history once revered its affinity to literature and philosophy, the emerging social sciences seemed to afford greater opportunities for asking new questions and providing rewarding approaches to an understanding of the past.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING 单数名词]亲近；熟稔 If you have an affinity with someone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well. [also no det] 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。 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。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]类似；近似 If people or things have an affinity with each other, they are similar in some ways. [FORMAL 正式] The two plots share certain obvious affinities. 这两个情节有某种明显的相似。
来源	1999.6

Affinity Feel Natural People Similar ə'Finiti N.密切关系,吸引力,姻亲关系,亲合力 Opposites