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Affinity N 监禁 Marriage ə'Finiti N.密切关系;吸引力 英 密切关系(Close

单词 affinity
音标 [ə'finiti]
解释 n.密切关系;吸引力
红宝书 【英】 n. 密切关系(close relationship);吸引力(a mutual attraction between a man and a woman)
【考】 反义词:aversion(厌 恶)
【记】 af+fin(范围)+ity→ 在范围内→密切关系
【同】 同根词:infinite(无 限的); confine(限制, 监禁)
字源 affinity (n.)
c.1300, "relation by marriage" (as opposed to consanguinity), from Old French afinité (12c.), from Latin affinitatem (nominative affinitas) "neighborhood, relationship by marriage," noun of state from affinis "adjacent," also "kin by marriage," literally "bordering on," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + finis "a border, an end" (see finish (v.)). Used figuratively since c.1600 of structural relationships in chemistry, philology, etc. Meaning "natural attraction" (as though by family) is from 1610s.
不择手段背单词 n. 密切关系 = analogy = similitude; (男女间的)吸引力
【例】She feels a strong affinity for him 她对他很有吸引力. affinity of aggregation 集团亲和力, 内聚力
【记】1)af一个, fin范围, ity名词后缀-在一个范围内-有密切关系2)affi读: 爱抚, ni拼: 你, ty读: 他-爱抚你和他-亲密关系
【参】infinite(adj 无限的); confine(vt 限制, 监禁)
【反】aversion(n 厌恶, 讨厌的事和人); repugnance(n 深恶痛绝); antipathy(n 憎恶; 反感)
趣味全助记 【记】finite(限,边界) 近于finish,border,两人边界相邻的;af加强 + fine 好上加好,喜上加喜→姻亲
【相关】definite(划定边界),infinite(无边,无限),affinite(两边相邻,相近,相接,相似)

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