| 释义 |
affinity/əˈfiniti/n. (pl. -ies) 1 (often foll. by 常后跟 between, for, or with) a spontaneous or natural liking for or attraction to a person or thing 本性倾向，亲和力；吸引力 2 relationship, esp. by marriage (尤指婚姻的)联系，关系 3 resemblance in structure between animals, plants, or languages (不同动物、植物、语言等结构上的)相似之处 4 a similarity of characteristics suggesting a relationship; family likeness (体现出亲缘关系的)表征，相似特征 5 Chem. the tendency of certain substances to combine with others 【化】亲和性，亲和力 [Middle English via Old French afinité from Latin affinitas -tatis, from affinis ‘related’, literally ‘bordering on’ (as AD- + finis ‘border’)] |