Word · Frequency #4103
affection
喜爱；深情
核心释义
a feeling of love, liking, or fondness
- 1.
影响或作用的行为
The act of affecting or acting upon.
- 2.
喜爱的积极情感
a positive feeling of liking
- 3.
受情感影响的状态
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
- 4.
属性；性质；条件
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
- 5.
情感；冲动
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
- 6.
爱意；深情
A feeling of love or strong attachment; a feeling of enjoyable and comforting fondness.
情感；冲动；情感状态；受影响的状态；属性；性质；状况；影响；作用；影响或作用的行为
用法In use
She looked at the old photograph with deep affection.
用法提示：句中 affection 为名词，意为“深情、喜爱”，表示看着照片时怀有的温暖情感。
He shows his affection for his grandmother by visiting her every Sunday.
用法提示：名词 affection 后接 for，表示“对某人的深情”，在本句中作动词 show 的宾语。
The dog wagged its tail in obvious affection when its owner came home.
用法提示：名词 affection 表示“亲昵、喜爱”，这里用 in affection 描述狗的行为方式。
he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
have affection for
She has a deep affection for her hometown.
她对家乡有深厚的感情。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- deep affection
- 深厚的感情
- She has a deep affection for her hometown.她对家乡有深厚的感情。
- show affection
- 表达爱意
- Parents should show affection to their children.父母应该向孩子表达爱意。
- affection for
- 对……的感情
- His affection for classical music is well known.他对古典音乐的感情是众所周知的。
- mutual affection
- 相互爱慕
- Their relationship was built on mutual affection.他们的关系建立在相互爱慕的基础上。
- affection towards
- 对……的喜爱
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 affect（影响），但 affection 是积极的情感影响，即喜爱之情。
语境与语域Context & Register
register: neutral; contexts: 家庭, 朋友, 宠物; note_zh: 通常用于个人情感语境，医学语境中另有含义。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the same ending /ʃən/ and have the stressed vowel /ɛ/ followed by /k/, thus they rhyme with 'affection'. However, other common '-tion' words like 'action' (/ækʃən/), 'station' (/steɪʃən/), and 'attention' (/əˈtɛnʃən/) have different vowel sounds and do NOT rhyme with 'affection'.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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