The church was held in great affection (=loved and cared about a lot) by the local residents.
教会深受当地民众爱戴。
2somebody’s affectionsthe feelings of love and caring that someone has 某人的钟爱
Africa has always had a special place in my affections.
非洲在我心中始终占据着特殊的位置。
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affection• And I had an affection for Bernard who went to school with me.• She never seemed to show us any affection.• That he had a deepaffection for her no one knew, certainly not Rose.• The only time you expressaffection for each other is in bed.• Alison and I had been at school together, and I felt great affection for her.• I can not believe that you were quite unaware of my growingaffection for you.• He flared his nostrils at her, a sign of affection.• children who have been starved of affection• As husband and father, Stewart provided the family little in the way of affection.• The world of affection, approval, and love is replaced by the world of order, work, and entranceexams.• The crowd of mourners at his funeralborewitness to the affection and respect Stanley had earned through his life and work.
affection for• Since the age of eight, she's had an affection formusic.• My father didn't find it easy to express his affection for us.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + AFFECTION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤deep, genuine, great, real, special, strong, warm深厚的/真摯的/偉大的/真正的/特殊的/強烈的/友好的感情▸➤mutual相互的愛➤brotherly, marital手足之情;夫妻之情➤physical (especially NAmE) 用肢體表達的愛意VERB + AFFECTION➤feel, have, hold sb in, retain (formal) 感受愛;擁有愛;熱愛某人;留住愛◇He has a great affection for animals.他非常喜愛動物。◇He was held in great affection by hundreds of students.他深受成百上千學生的愛戴。➤display, express, give sb, show (sb)流露愛;表達愛;給某人愛;(向某人)表示愛➤get, receive得到愛▸➤return回報愛▸➤crave, need, want渴求愛;需要愛;想得到愛◇He just wants a bit of affection.他只是想要一點點愛。➤gain, win獲得愛;贏得愛◇She had tried hard to win his affection.她曾竭力討他的歡心。➤develop發展感情◇She had developed a real affection for him.她逐漸對他產生了真愛。PREPOSITION➤with affection充滿愛意地◇He'll be remembered with genuine affection.人們將真切地懷念他。➤affection for對⋯的愛◇I have a deep affection for his mother.我深愛他母親。➤affection to, affection towards/toward對⋯的愛◇The teacher showed affection to all her students.這位老師對她所有的學生都充滿了愛。PHRASES➤a display of affection情感的流露◇I don't go in for public displays of affection.我不喜歡在眾人面前表露自己的情感。➤a feeling of affection愛意◇a strong feeling of affection強烈的愛意➤love and affection疼愛和關懷◇I yearn for the love and affection I once had.我渴望曾經擁有的疼愛和關懷。➤the object of sb's affections某人鍾愛的對象◇The object of his affections was a young opera singer.他的意中人是個年輕的歌劇演唱者。➤a show of affection, a sign of affection愛的表現;愛的跡象