af·fec·tion
noun/əˈfekʃn/
/əˈfekʃn/
- [uncountable, singular] the feeling of liking or loving somebody/something very much and caring about them
喜爱；钟爱 - Children need lots of love and affection.
孩子需要多多疼爱和关怀。 - He didn't show his wife any affection.
他没有向妻子表示一点爱。 - She was held in deep affection by all her students.
她的学生都十分爱戴她。 - affection for somebody/something Mr Darcy’s affection for his sister
达西先生对他妹妹的关爱之情 - I have a great affection for New York.
我很喜欢纽约。
Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorceRomance- fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
- be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
- be/find true love/the love of your life
- suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
- have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
- meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have/go on a (blind) date
- be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
- move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
- get/be engaged/married/divorced
- arrange/plan a wedding
- have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
- have/enter into an arranged marriage
- call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
- invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
- conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
- exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
- congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
- be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
- celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
- be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have an affair (with somebody)
- break off/end an engagement/a relationship
- break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
- separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
- annul/dissolve a marriage
- apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
- get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
- pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1, Personal qualitiesc1- He just wants a bit of affection.
他只是想要一点点爱。 - He'll be remembered with genuine affection.
人们将深切地怀念他。 - I don't go in for public displays of affection.
我不喜欢在众人面前表露自己的情感。 - She had developed a real affection for him.
她逐渐对他产生了真爱。 - She had tried hard to win his affection.
她曾竭力讨他的欢心。 - The teacher showed affection to all her students.
这位老师对她所有的学生都充满了爱。 - a strong feeling of affection
强烈的爱意
- Children need lots of love and affection.
- affections[plural] (formal or literary) a person’s feelings of love
爱情 - Anne had two men trying to win her affections.
安妮有两个男人追求。 - The object of her affections was a young man named Paul.
她的爱慕对象是一个名叫保罗的年轻人。
- Anne had two men trying to win her affections.
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin affectio(n-), from afficere ‘to influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’.