（每日一词）affinity

affinity

noun 

UK   /əˈfɪn.ə.ti/ 

US   /əˈfɪn.ə.t̬i/

meaning: 

a liking or sympathy for someone or something, especially because of sharedcharacteristics （尤指因为有相同的特征而引起的）情投意合，喜爱，吸引

例句：She seems to have a natural affinity for/with water.

她好像天生就喜欢水。

meaning： 

a close similarity between two things 类同；雷同

例句：There are several close affinities between the two paintings.

这两幅画有多处非常相似的地方。

词汇助记：

前缀：af- 表示ad- 使，让

词根：fin- 范围（confine, define, infinity)

后缀：-ity 名词后缀

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