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affinity

/əˈfɪnɪti/

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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 :

"Sentence: She had a strong affinity for dogs and volunteered at the animal shelter every weekend. "

她非常喜欢狗，和狗特别投缘，所以每个周末都去动物收容所做义工。

attitude nature mind soul person quality tendency emotion

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noun

姻亲关系

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

Examples :

"Because he married my sister, my brother-in-law is related to me by affinity, not by blood. "

因为他娶了我的妹妹，我的妹夫和我是姻亲关系，并非血缘关系。

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noun

姻亲, 亲戚.

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

Examples :

"Because he married my sister, my brother-in-law is my affinity. "

因为他娶了我妹妹，所以我妹夫是我的姻亲。

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noun

关联，联系，亲缘性

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

Examples :

"She has a strong affinity for math, which is why she excels in physics. "

她对数学有很强的亲缘性，或者说，她和数学之间有很强的联系，所以她在物理方面表现出色。

science biology chemistry physics philosophy

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noun

爱恋，恋情

Any romantic relationship.

Examples :

"After many years of friendship, their close bond blossomed into an affinity. "

多年友谊之后，他们亲密的感情最终发展成了爱恋。

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noun

亲和力，喜爱，感情

Any passionate love for something.

Examples :

"Maria has a strong affinity for classical music; she listens to it every day. "

玛丽亚对古典音乐有着强烈的喜爱之情，她每天都听。

emotion mind character attitude philosophy

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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 :

"The affinity between the two species of birds was clear; their similar beak shapes and nest-building techniques suggested a common ancestor. "

这两种鸟之间的亲缘关系非常明显；它们相似的喙形和筑巢技巧表明它们拥有共同的祖先。

biology organism race type family science

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结构相似性，亲缘性。

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

Examples :

"The minerals in the new rock collection show a strong affinity, suggesting they originated from the same geological process. "

新岩石标本中的矿物表现出很强的结构相似性和亲缘性，表明它们源于相同的地质过程。

geology mineral science chemistry nature

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亲和力, 亲合性

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

Examples :

"The carbon and hydrogen atoms showed a strong affinity for each other, readily forming stable molecules. "

碳原子和氢原子之间表现出很强的亲和力，很容易结合形成稳定的分子。

chemistry physics

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亲合力，亲和性

The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

Examples :

"The student demonstrated a strong affinity for science, as evidenced by her consistently high scores on chemistry tests. "

这个学生表现出对科学强烈的亲和力，从她化学考试一直名列前茅就可以看出。

medicine physiology biochemistry biology

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处理器亲和性

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

Examples :

"The server exhibited strong affinity, consistently assigning calculations for the database report to CPU core 3, which improved processing speed. "

服务器表现出很强的处理器亲和性，总是把数据库报表的计算任务分配给CPU核心3，这提高了处理速度。

computing technology system machine process

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仿射变换，亲合性

An automorphism of affine space.

Examples :

"The transformation of the classroom layout into a different arrangement, while maintaining the same distances between desks, was an affinity. "

教室桌椅的重新排列，在保持课桌之间距离不变的前提下，是一种仿射变换，体现了其亲合性。