affection

愛情、好意

人や物に対して抱く、温かい愛情や好意。

やさしい英語で： A warm feeling of love or liking for someone or something.

• She showed her affection with a hug.
• He felt deep affection for his grandmother.
• They still speak of their old teacher with affection.

使い方： affection for someone/something (He has great affection for his old school.); with affection (She spoke of her grandfather with affection.)

類義語： fondness, love

反対語： hatred

よく使う表現： affection for someone, show affection, deep affection

作用、変化を受けること

何かの作用で変化したり、影響を受けたりする過程や状態。

やさしい英語で： The process or state of being changed or influenced by something.

• The essay explores the affection of the mind by music.
• He distinguished direct affection by heat from later changes.
• The chapter considers external affection of the senses.

使い方： affection of something by something (The philosopher described the affection of the senses by external objects.)

よく使う表現： affection by something, external affection, affection of something

属性、性質

あるものが持つ性質や特徴、またはその状態。

やさしい英語で： A quality, feature, or condition that something has.

• The philosopher called shape an affection of matter.
• He listed several affections of the human body.
• In that theory, motion is an affection of physical objects.

使い方： an affection of something (The writer treats weight as an affection of matter.)

類義語： property, attribute, condition

よく使う表現： affection of matter, bodily affection, essential affection

疾患、病気

体の一部に起こる病気や健康上の異常。

やさしい英語で： An illness or unhealthy condition affecting part of the body.

• The physician diagnosed a chronic affection of the lungs.
• The record mentions several nervous affections.
• He received treatment for an affection of the heart.

使い方： an affection of something (The old report describes an affection of the lungs.)

類義語： illness, disease, disorder

よく使う表現： nervous affection, chronic affection, affection of something