affection
affection
af.fec.tion AHD[…-fµk“sh…n] DJ[*6fek.*n] KK[*6fWk.*n]
n.(名词)
1.A tender feeling toward another; fondness.See Synonyms atlove
    慈爱:对他人的一种温柔的感情;喜爱参见love
2.Often affections Feeling or emotion:
    常作 affections 情感或感情:
    an unbalanced state of affections.
   感情起伏不定
3.A disposition to feel, do, or say; a propensity.
    意向:感觉、做或说的意向;倾向
4.Obsolete Prejudice; partiality.
  【废语】 偏见;偏向
ORIGIN
1.Middle Englishaffeccioun
    中古英语affeccioun
2.from Old Frenchaffection
    源自 古法语affection
3.from Latinaffecti½ affecti½n-
    源自 拉丁语affecti½ affecti½n-
4.fromaffectus [past participle of] afficere [to affect, influence] * see affect1
    源自affectus [] afficere的过去分词 [影响] *参见affect1
DERIVATIVES
▪affec“tional adj.(形容词)
▪affec“tionally adv.(副词)