affinity: [14] The abstract notion of ‘relationship’ in affinity was originally a more concrete conception of a border. The word comes, via Old French afinite, from the Latin adjective affinis, which meant literally ‘bordering on something’. It was formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and the noun finis ‘border’ (from which English also gets finish, confine, and define). => confine, define, finish, paraffin, refine
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, a boundary" (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.
雙語例句
1. There is a natural affinity between British and Asian women.
英國女性和亞洲女性之間有一種自然的親近感。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature.
薩姆在鄉(xiāng)下出生，特別喜愛大自然。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Many girls do show an affinity for craft skills.
確實有許多女孩子喜愛手工.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. I felt a great affinity with the people of the Highlands.
我被蘇格蘭高地人民深深地吸引.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. It's important that you share an affinity with your husband.