Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 30
Affair (n.) [C] 事情，事，事件； 事務，業務；事態 [P]；戀愛事件，風流韻事；【美】喜慶（或社交）活動 A material object (vaguely designated).
A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded. -- Hawthorne.
Affair (n.) A vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" [syn: matter, affair, thing].
Affair (n.) A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour].
Affair (n.) A vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions" [syn: affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function].
Affamish (v. t. & i.) To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Affamishment (n.) Starvation. -- Bp. Hall.
Affatuate (v. t.) To infatuate. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Affear (v. t.) To frighten. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Affected (imp. & p. p.) of Affect.
Affecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affect.
Affect (v. t.) 假裝，裝作 [+to-v]；愛好，愛用；影響；對……發生作用 To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
As might affect the earth with cold heat. -- Milton.
The climate affected their health and spirits. -- Macaulay.
Affect (v. t.) To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
A consideration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and pure principles.
Affect (v. t.) To love; to regard with affection. [Obs.]
As for Queen Katharine, he rather respected than affected, rather honored than loved, her. -- Fuller.
Affect (v. t.) To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
For he does neither affect company, nor is he fit for it, indeed. -- Shak.
Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great. -- Hazlitt.
Affect (v. t.) To dispose or incline.
Men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty. -- Milton.
Affect (v. t.) To aim at; to aspire; to covet. [Obs.]
This proud man affects imperial ?way. -- Dryden.
Affect (v. t.) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
The drops of every fluid affect a round figure. -- Newton.
Affect (v. t.) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
Careless she is with artful care, Affecting to seem unaffected. -- Congreve.
Thou dost affect my manners. -- Shak.
Affect (v. t.) To assign; to appoint. [R.]
One of the domestics was affected to his special service. -- Thackeray.
Syn: To influence; operate; act on; concern; move; melt; soften; subdue; overcome; pretend; assume.
Affect (n.) Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Affect (n.) (Psychotherapy) The emotional complex associated with an idea or mental state. In hysteria, the affect is sometimes entirely dissociated, sometimes transferred to another than the original idea.
Affect (n.) The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion.
Affect (v.) Have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" [syn: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch].
Affect (v.) Act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate".
Affect (v.) Connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" [syn: involve, affect, regard].
Affect (v.) Make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble].
Affect (v.) Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" [syn: affect, impress, move, strike].
Affectation (n.) [U] 做作；假裝；裝模作樣；矯揉造作 An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. "An affectation of contempt." -- Macaulay.
Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural what is natural. -- Locke.
Affectation (n.) A striving after. [Obs.] -- Bp. Pearson.
Affectation (n.) Fondness; affection. [Obs.] -- Hooker.
Affectation (n.) A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness].
Affectationist (n.) One who exhibits affectation. [R.] -- Fitzed. Hall.
Affected (p. p. & a.) 受到影響的；受（疾病）侵襲的；受到打動（或震動）的 Regarded with affection; beloved. [Obs.]
His affected Hercules. -- Chapman.
Affected (p. p. & a.) Inclined; disposed; attached.
How stand you affected to his wish? -- Shak.
Affected (p. p. & a.) Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.
He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. -- Shak.
Affected (p. p. & a.) 假裝的 Assumed artificially; not natural.
Affected coldness and indifference.-- Addison.
Affected (p. p. & a.) (Alg.) Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.
Affected (a.) Acted upon; influenced [ant: unaffected].
Affected (a.) Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression [syn: affected, unnatural] [ant: unaffected].
Affected (a.) Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion; "too moved to speak"; "very touched by the stranger's kindness" [syn: moved(p), affected, stirred, touched] [ant: unaffected, unmoved(p), untouched].
Affectedly (adv.) 假裝地，做作地 In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
Affectedly (adv.) Lovingly; with tender care. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Affectedly (a.) In an affected manner.
Affectedness (n.) [U] 做作；假裝；裝模作樣；矯揉造作 Affectation.
Affectedness (n.) The quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) [ant: unaffectedness].
Affectedness (n.) A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness].
Affecter (n.) One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after. "Affecters of wit." -- Abp. Secker.
Affectibility (n.) The quality or state of being affectible. [R.]
Affectible (a.) That may be affected. [R.]
Lay aside the absolute, and, by union with the creaturely, become affectible. -- Coleridge.
Affecting (a.) 令人感動的；令人傷心的；affect的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.
The most affecting music is generally the most simple.
Affecting (a.) Affected; given to false show. [Obs.]
A drawling; affecting rouge. -- Shak.
Affecting (a.) Arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching" [syn: affecting, poignant, touching].
Affectingly (adv.) 令人感動地；令人傷心地 In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.
Affectingly (adv.) In a poignant or touching manner; "she spoke poignantly" [syn: affectingly, poignantly, touchingly].
Affection (n.) 感情，好感，愛情，慈愛；影響 The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
Affection (n.) (Philosophy) An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies. "The affections of quantity." -- Boyle.
And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less, An old and strange affection of the house. -- Tennyson.
Affection (n.) Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant state of the mind, when impressed by any object or quality. -- Cogan.
Affection (n.) A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
All his affections are set on his own country. -- Macaulay.
Affection (n.) Prejudice; bias. [Obs.] -- Bp. Aylmer.
Affection (n.) (Med.) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. -- Dunglison. AS
Affection (n.) The lively representation of any emotion. -- Wotton.
Affection (n.) Affectation. [Obs.] "Spruce affection." -- Shak.
Affection (n.) Passion; violent emotion. [Obs.]
Most wretched man, That to affections does the bridle lend. -- Spenser.
Syn: Attachment; passion; tenderness; fondness; kindness; love; liking; good will. See Attachment; Disease.
Affection (n.) A positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" [syn: affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia].
Affection, () Feeling or emotion. Mention is made of "vile affections" (Rom. 1:26) and "inordinate affection" (Col. 3:5). Christians are exhorted to set their affections on things above (Col. 3:2). There is a distinction between natural and spiritual or gracious affections (Ezek. 33:32).
Affection, () Contracts. The making over, pawning, or mortgaging a thing to assure the payment of a sum of money, or the discharge of some other duty or service. Techn. Diet.
Affectional (a.) 屬於感情方面的 Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.
Affectional (a.) Characterized by emotion [syn: {affectional}, {affective}, {emotive}].
Affectionate (a.) 充滿深情的，溫柔親切的[（+to/ towards/ with）]；【廢】強烈傾向的；任性的 [（+to）] Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
Affectionate (a.) Kindly inclined; zealous. [Obs.] -- Johson.
Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. -- Sprat.
Affectionate (a.) Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
Affectionate (a.) Strongly inclined; -- with to. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Syn: Tender; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.
Affectionate (a.) Having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: {affectionate}, {fond}, {lovesome}, {tender}, {warm}].
Affectionated (a.) Disposed; inclined. [Obs.]
Affectionated to the people. -- Holinshed.
Affectionately (adv.) 充滿深情地；出於柔情地 With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.
Affectionately (adv.) With affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately" [syn: dearly, affectionately, dear].
Affectionateness (n.) The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.
Affectionateness (n.) A positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" [syn: affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia].
Affectionateness (n.) A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love [syn: affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth].
Affectioned (a.) Disposed. [Archaic]
Be kindly affectioned one to another. -- Rom. xii. 10.
Affectioned (a.) Affected; conceited. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Affective (a.) 感情的；由感情引起的；表達感情的 Tending to affect; affecting. [Obs.] -- Burnet.
Affective (a.) Pertaining to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional. -- Rogers.
Affective (a.) Characterized by emotion [syn: affectional, affective, emotive].
Affectively (adv.) In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.
Affectuous (a.) Full of passion or emotion; earnest. [Obs.] -- Af*fec"tu*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Fabyan.
Affeer (v. t.) To confirm; to assure. [Obs.] "The title is affeered." -- Shak.
Affeer (v. t.) (Old Law) To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.
Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges. -- Blackstone. Affeerer
Affeerer (n.) Alt. of Affeeror
Affeeror (n.) (Old Law) One who affeers. -- Cowell.
Affeerment (n.) (Old Law) The act of affeering. -- Blackstone.
Afferent (a.) (Physiol.) 【生理】傳入的 Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
Afferent (a.) Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses" [ant: efferent, motorial].
Afferent (n.) A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system [syn: sensory nerve, afferent nerve, afferent].
Affettuoso (adv.) [It.] (Mus.) With feeling.
Affiance (n.) 信託，婚約 Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise. [archaic]
Affiance (n.) Trust; reliance; faith; confidence. [archaic]
Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual affiance in the divine love. -- Sir J. Stephen.
Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most affiance. -- Tennyson.
Affianced (imp. / p. p.) of Affiance
Affiancing (p. pr. / vb. n.) of Affiance
Affiance (v. t.) 使訂婚 To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.
To me, sad maid, he was affianced. -- Spenser.
Affiance (v. t.) 信約 To assure by promise. [Obs.] -- Pope.
Affiance (v.) Give to in marriage [syn: betroth, engage, affiance, plight].
Affiance, () contracts. From affidare or dare fidem, to give a pledge. A plighting of troth between a man and woman. Litt. s. 39. Pothier, Traite du Mariage, n. 24, defines it to be a an agreement by which a man and a woman promise each other that they will marry together. This word is used by some authors as synonymous with marriage. Co. Litt. 34, a, note 2. See Dig. 23, 1 Code 5, 1, 4; Extrav. 4, 1.
Affiancer (n.) One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
Affiant (n.) One who makes an affidavit. [U. S.] -- Burrill.
Syn: Deponent. See Deponent.
Affidavit (n.) (Law) [律] 宣誓書，口供書 A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate. -- Bouvier. -- Burrill.
Note: It is always made ex parte, and without cross-examination, and in this differs from a deposition. It is also applied to written statements made on affirmation.
Syn: Deposition. See {Deposition}.
Affidavit (n.) Written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath.
Affidavit (n.) (Practice) An oath or affirmation reduced to writing, sworn or affirmed to before some officer who has authority to administer it. It differs from a deposition in this, that in the latter the opposite party has had an opportunity to cross-examine the witness, whereas an affidavit is always taken ex parte. Gresl. Eq. Ev. 413. Vide Harr. Dig. h.t.
Affidavit (n.) Affidavit to hold to bail, is in many cases required before the defendant can be arrested; such affidavit must be made by a person who is acquainted with the fact, and must state, 1st, an indebtedness from the defendant to the plaintiff; 2dly, show a distinct cause of action; 3dly, the whole must be clearly and certainly, expressed. Sell. Pr. 104; 1 Chit. R. 165; S. C. 18 Com. Law, R. 59 note; Id. 99.
Affidavit (n.) An affidavit of defence, is made by a defendant or a person knowing the facts, in which must be stated a positive ground of defence on the merits. 1 Ashm. R. 4, 19, n. It has been decided that when a writ of summons has been served upon three defendants, and only one appears, a judgment for want of an affidavit of defence may be rendered against au. 8 Watts, R. 367. Vide Bac. Ab. h.t.
Affile (v. t.) To polish. [Obs.]
Affiliable (a.) Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.
Affiliated (imp. & p. p.) of Affiliate
Affiliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affiliate
Affiliate (v. t.) 使緊密聯繫 [H] [（+with）]；接納……為成員（或分支機構）；使隸屬於 [H] [（+to/ with）]；追溯……的來源 [（+to）] To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion? -- I. Taylor.
Affiliate (v. t.) To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.
Affiliate (v. t.) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes? -- H. Spencer.
Affiliate (v. t.) To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with.
{Affiliated societies}, Societies connected with a central society, or with each other.
Affiliate (v. i.) 發生聯繫，參加 [（+to/ with）] To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.
Affiliate (n.) A subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization.
Affiliate (n.) A subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; "network affiliates".
Affiliate (v.) Keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: {consort}, {associate}, {affiliate}, {assort}].
Affiliate (v.) Join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group".
Affiliation (n.) 加入，入會；聯合；聯繫；接納 Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
Affiliation (n.) (Law) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.
Affiliation (n.) Connection in the way of descent. -- H. Spencer.
Affiliation (n.) A social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: {affiliation}, {association}, {tie}, {tie- up}].
Affiliation (n.) The act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university".
Affinal (a.) 有婚姻關係的 Related by marriage; from the same source.
Affinal (a.) (Anthropology) Related by marriage [syn: affinal, affine].
Affine (v. t.) To refine. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Affine (a.) (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to the geometry of affine Transformations.
Affine (a.) (Anthropology) Related by marriage [syn: affinal, affine].
Affine (n.) (Anthropology) Kin by marriage.
Affined (a.) Joined in affinity or by any tie. [Obs.] "All affined and kin." -- Shak.
Compare: Connected
Connected (a.) p. p. of connect. 有關連的；有聯絡的；連在一起的 [Narrower terms: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering(prenominal), conterminous, coterminous, contiguous] [Narrower terms: adjunctive] [Narrower terms: affined] [Narrower terms: attached] [Narrower terms: contiguous, in contact] [Narrower terms: coupled, joined, linked] [Narrower terms: cursive, flowing] [Narrower terms: siamese] [Narrower terms: socially connected, well-connected] unconnected.
Connected (a.) Being joined in close association.
Syn: affiliated, attached.
Connected (a.) Connected by a conductor so as to allow the flow of electric signals. [Narrower terms: wired (vs. wireless)]
Connected (a.) (Music) Legato. staccato
Syn: flowing, smooth.
Connected (a.) Associated with or accompanying.
Syn: associated.
Connected (a.) (Computers) Stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer. [Narrower terms: on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate)].
Syn: machine-accessible.
Connected (a.) Switched on. [Narrower terms: on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate)].
Syn: ready, on.
Connected (a.) Having some relation.
Syn: related.
Affined (a.) Closely related; "syllable to blessed syllable affined" -- Wallace Stevens.
Affinitative (a.) Of the nature of affinity. -- Af*fin"i*ta*tive*ly, adv.
Affinitive (a.) Closely connected, as by affinity.
Affinities (n. pl. ) of Affinity
Affinity (n.) 吸引力，共鳴；親密關系，相似之處 Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.
Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh. -- 1 Kings iii. 1.
Affinity (n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.
There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity. -- Sir G. C. Lewis.
Affinity (n.) Companionship; acquaintance. [Obs.]
About forty years past, I began a happy affinity with William Cranmer. -- Burton.
Affinity (n.) (Chem.) That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.
Affinity (n.) (Nat. Hist.) A relation between species or higher groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.
Affinity (n.) (Spiritualism) A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.
Affinity (n.) (Immunology) The attraction between an antigen and an antibody.
Affinity (n.) (Anthropology) Kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship [ant: blood kinship, cognation, consanguinity].
Affinity (n.) (Biology) State of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans" [syn: affinity, phylogenetic relation].
Affinity (n.) A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities" [syn: affinity, kinship].
Affinity (n.) The force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk" [syn: affinity, chemical attraction].
Affinity (n.) Inherent resemblance between persons or things.
Affinity (n.) A natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam".
Affinity, () Relationship by alliance (2 Chr. 18:1) or by marriage (1 Kings 3:1). Marriages are prohibited within certain degrees of affinity, enumerated Lev. 18:6-17. Consanguinity is relationship by blood.
Affinity. () A connexion formed by marriage, which places the husband in the same degree of nominal propinquity to the relations of the wife, as that in which she herself stands towards them, and gives to the wife the same reciprocal connexion with the relations of the husband. It is used in contradistinction to consanguinity. (q.v.) It is no real kindred.
Affinity. () Affinity or alliance is very different from kindred. Kindred are relations. by blood; affinity is the tie which exists between one of the spouses with the kindred of the other; thus, the relations, of my wife, her brothers, her sisters, her uncles, are allied to me by affinity, and my brothers, sisters, &c., are allied in the same way to my wife. But my brother and the sister of my wife are not allied by the ties of affinity.
Affinity. () A person cannot, by legal succession, receive an inheritance from a relation by affinity; neither does it extend to the nearest relations of husband and wife, so as to create a mutual relation between them. The degrees of affinity are computed in the same way as those of consanguinity. See Pothier, Traite du Mariage, part 3, ch. 3, art. 2, and see 5 M. R. 296; Inst. 1, 10, 6; Dig. 38, 10, 4, 3; 1 Phillim. R. 210; S. C. 1 Eng. Eccl. R. 72; article Marriage.
Affirmed (imp. & p. p.) of Affirm
Affirming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affirm