adjective
readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness
充满热爱的，柔情的
his affectionate nature.
他温柔的性情。
■expressing fondness
表达爱意的，爱慕的，深情的
an affectionate kiss.
表达爱意的吻。

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派生
affectionately
adverb

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语源
late 15th cent. (in the sense 'disposed, inclined towards'): from French affectionné 'beloved' or medieval Latin affectionatus 'devoted', from affectio(n-), from afficere 'to influence' (see affect)