亚洲网紅露点

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affection

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[ uh-fek-shuhn ]

noun

  1. fond attachment, devotion, or love:

    the affection of a parent for an only child.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. Often affections.
    1. emotion; feeling; sentiment:

      over and above our reason and affections.

    2. the emotional realm of love:

      a place in his affections.

  3. Pathology. a disease, or the condition of being diseased; abnormal state of body or mind:

    a gouty affection.

  4. the act of affecting; act of influencing or acting upon.
  5. the state of being affected.
  6. Philosophy. a contingent, alterable, and accidental state or quality of being.
  7. the affective aspect of a mental process.
  8. bent or disposition of mind.
  9. Obsolete. bias; prejudice.


affection

2

[ uh-fek-shuhn ]

affection

/ 蓹藞蹿蓻办蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. a feeling of fondness or tenderness for a person or thing; attachment
  2. often plural emotion, feeling, or sentiment

    to play on a person's affections

  3. pathol any disease or pathological condition
  4. psychol any form of mental functioning that involves emotion See also affect 1
  5. the act of affecting or the state of being affected
  6. archaic.
    inclination or disposition
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 补蹿藞蹿别肠迟颈辞苍补濒, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补蹿路蹿别肠顎僼颈辞苍路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of affection1

First recorded in 1200鈥50; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin 补蹿蹿别肠迟颈艒苍- (stem of 补蹿蹿别肠迟颈艒 ) 鈥渄isposition or state of mind or body鈥; affect 1, -ion

Origin of affection2

First recorded in 1525鈥35; affect 2 + -ion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of affection1

C13: from Latin 补蹿蹿别肠迟颈艒苍- disposition, from afficere to affect 1
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Yeh categorizes sweet salads with affection and a wink: cookie salads, Jell-O salads, candy bar salads, fluffs.

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Then, as Joe tries and fails to whittle away at Bront毛鈥檚 sense of self in a bid to regain her affections, he realizes that he has lost control.

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Divide my affection for the first movie by the few clever beats here and it鈥檚 enough to get me to see what O鈥機onnor is calculating for 鈥淭he Accountant 3.鈥

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But with his mass in Tacloban - along with his informal, down-to-earth manner and calls for justice - Pope Francis won particular affection among the Philippine's 80 million Catholics.

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It's as if their duo doesn鈥檛 entirely know how to perform affection, and this makes them oddly believable as a couple.

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What are other ways to say聽affection?

Affection refers to fond attachment, as of one person to another. How is affection different from love and devotion? Find out on .

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