affection n. 1.爱;〔pl.〕 爱慕。 2.心情;【心理学】感情。 3.〔古语〕性情。 4.作用,影响。 5.疾病。 the object of one's affections 所钟爱的人[物],意中人。 affection of the skin 皮肤病。 the reciprocal affection of moving bodies 运动物体的相互作用。 have an affection for [towards] 深爱着。 set one's affections on [upon] 钟爱。
This touched young jerry on a tender place ; who adjured his mother to perform her first duty , and , whatever else she did or neglected , above all things to lay especial stress on the discharge of that maternal function so affectingly and delicately indicated by his other parent 他立即要求他娘执行她的头一条责任。不管她做了多少其它的事,或是没做其它的事,她得特别强调完成爸爸伤心而体贴地指出的当娘的人的本分。