affection

Definitions

af- (a form of ad-, 'toward') + fect ('do/act') + -ion = 'a doing toward, a being acted upon.' Latin affectus meant a 'state of mind worked upon' — how you are moved or disposed. That inner state of being moved toward someone settled into the warm modern sense: tender fondness.

Common Collocations

• 1.show affection表达爱意
• 2.deep affection深厚的感情
• 3.term of affection爱称
• 4.win someone's affection赢得某人的好感
• 5.public display of affection公开秀恩爱

Example Sentences

• 1.

  She looked at the puppy with great affection.

• 2.

  He rarely shows affection in public.

• 3.

  The children returned their grandmother's affection.