单词 Collocations with affection 释义

Collocations withaffection

These are words often used in combination withaffection.

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bond of affectionTo take this step will not halt progress in ecumenical dialogue, bonds of affection and common action for human betterment.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0deep affectionWhilst acknowledging the flaws of both parents' characters, the book is nevertheless written with wit and humour, as well as deep affection.From theCambridge English Corpusdisplay of affectionIn such cases the open display of affection was 'feigned' (krtaka).From theCambridge English Corpusexpression of affectionThe second is an ' expressive-affective ' component which has as its chief motive the expression of affection.From theCambridge English Corpusfeeling of affectionThere are many people who will go to the grave cherishing that feeling of affection and companionship of which they have been deprived.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0genuine affectionIt has tantalised many people, because it involves relationships of genuine affection that people want to sustain, despite historical forces pulling in the other direction.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0great affectionProprietors generally described their relationships with the residents as good, and in many cases they expressed great affection for particular residents.From theCambridge English Corpusmutual affectionWhich is simply to say: we do not need to assume any great mutual affection to get from there to here.From theCambridge English Corpusnatural affectionThey revert by natural affection to a title including the word "authority" even when tourism, surely the most voluntary of all human activities, is concerned.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0parental affectionConsequently, parent substitutes may not easily develop genuine parental affection for their wards.From theCambridge English Corpuspersonal affectionSimilarly, the law was side-stepped by individuals, especially women, who made decisions and followed strategies that were based on personal affection.From theCambridge English Corpuspublic affectionA few ideas, like planting forests, had obvious merit, while others, like the wobbly bridge, have now been fixed and found their way into public affection.From theCambridge English Corpusreal affectionIt was intensive farming but it was done with great skill and real affection.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0sign of affectionHe has this odd unconscious habit of pinching girls on the nose as a sign of affection.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/collocation/english/affection##