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。
派生 affectionately adverb 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)