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affinities

/əˈfɪnətiz/

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noun

亲和力，喜爱，密切关系

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

Examples :

"Even though they were very different, the two classmates discovered they had strong affinities for each other because of their shared love of books and video games. "

尽管这两个同学非常不同，他们还是发现彼此之间有着强烈的亲和力，因为他们都非常喜爱书籍和电子游戏。

human character mind attitude society soul tendency

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noun

姻亲, 姻缘关系

A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).

Examples :

"While Mark and Sarah aren't blood relatives, their relationship is considered one of affinities because Sarah is Mark's wife's sister. "

虽然马克和萨拉之间没有血缘关系，但他们的关系可以算作姻亲关系，因为萨拉是马克妻子的妹妹。

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noun

姻亲，亲戚关系.

A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.

Examples :

"Because Sarah married my brother, her parents are now my affinities. "

因为莎拉嫁给了我的哥哥，所以她的父母现在是我的姻亲。

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noun

亲缘关系，相似性

The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.

Examples :

"The new students quickly discovered their affinities for art and music, leading them to join the same after-school clubs. "

这些新生很快发现他们对艺术和音乐有共同的爱好和兴趣，这使得他们加入了同一个课后俱乐部。

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noun

爱恋，恋情

Any romantic relationship.

Examples :

"Because the school strictly forbids public displays of affection, students try to keep their affinities subtle. "

由于学校严禁公开示爱，学生们都尽量低调处理他们的恋情。

family human sex

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noun

亲和力，喜爱，热爱。

Any passionate love for something.

Examples :

"Maria has strong affinities for animals, volunteering at the local shelter every weekend. "

玛丽亚对动物怀有强烈的热爱，每个周末都去当地的动物收容所做志愿者。

emotion attitude character mind

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noun

亲缘关系，相似性

Resemblances between biological populations; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin, type or stock.

Examples :

"Studying their DNA revealed strong affinities between the bear and dog species, suggesting a shared ancestor. "

研究它们的DNA后发现，熊和狗这两种物种之间存在很强的亲缘关系，表明它们拥有共同的祖先。

biology science organism race family type history

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结构相似性，同源性

Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.

Examples :

"The minerals garnet and olivine, often found together, show strong structural affinities, suggesting they formed under similar high-pressure conditions deep within the Earth. "

石榴石和橄榄石这两种矿物经常一起被发现，它们表现出很强的结构相似性（同源性），这表明它们是在地球深处相似的高压条件下形成的。

geology mineral science

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亲和力，吸引力。

An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds

Examples :

"The affinities between hydrogen and oxygen atoms explain why water molecules are so stable. "

氢原子和氧原子之间的亲和力解释了为什么水分子如此稳定。

chemistry physics

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noun

亲和力，吸引力

The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

Examples :

"The affinities between the flu vaccine's antibodies and the flu virus are what provide protection against getting sick. "

流感疫苗抗体和流感病毒之间的亲和力，正是我们免于患病的保护机制。

medicine biology biochemistry

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亲和性，关联性

Tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses

Examples :

""Due to processor affinities, the video editing software ran faster because the same processor consistently handled its intensive tasks, reducing cache misses." "

由于处理器亲和性的存在，这款视频编辑软件运行得更快，因为它持续在同一个处理器上处理其高强度任务，从而减少了缓存未命中。

computing technology system process function electronics

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亲和性, 仿射关系

An automorphism of affine space.

Examples :

"Because affine transformations preserve parallelism and ratios, the affinities used in computer graphics to skew and scale images ensure that straight lines remain straight. "

因为仿射变换保持平行性和比例，所以在计算机图形学中使用的仿射关系（亲和性）能够保证图像中直线依然是直线，即使图像被倾斜或缩放。