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

• Coupling of the ligand with its receptor has the characteristics of high specificity, selectivity and affinity.
  配体-受体结合具有高特异性、选择性和高亲和性特点。
• 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。
• This is supported by the low value of iodine affinity.
  这个推论得到了低碘亲和值的印证。
• 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。
• English have a close affinity to french.
  英语和法语有很密切的关系。
• This is, however, unlikely to occur for peptides with a high affinity for the cell surface.
  然而，这种作用对于和细胞表面有高亲和力的多肽是不太可能发生的。
• Someone for whom you have a deep affinity.
  和你有很深的姻亲关系的人。
• Political philosophies based on contract and individualism have a natural affinity with neoclassical economic models.
  基于契约论和个人主义的政治哲学与新古典主义经济模型有一种天然的亲缘关系。
• If you have an affinity for a person, you will feel more comfortable working with him.
  如果你和一个人合得来，你就会觉得与他一起工作更加轻松。
• They have found a natural affinity with immigrants in this country.
  他们已经发现了一种自然的亲和力与移民在这个国家。