Someone affectionate shows love and care in a gentle, open way — a hug, a kind nickname, a hand on your arm, a warm note left on the table. Parents are affectionate with small children; couples can be affectionate in public or in private; people also call a cat affectionate if it likes to sit on you. The word is about warmth you can see, not about passion only, and not about being easy to talk to (that is affable).

Someone affectionateaffectionate的人 shows love and care in a gentle, open way會用溫柔、坦率的方式表現愛和關心—— a hug, a kind nickname, a hand on your arm, a warm note left on the table一個擁抱、一個親暱的暱稱、搭在你手臂上的一隻手、留在桌上的一張溫暖字條 Parents are affectionate with small children父母對小小孩會很affectionate； couples can be affectionate in public or in private情侶在公開或私下場合都可以很affectionate； people also call a cat affectionate if it likes to sit on you如果一隻貓喜歡坐在你身上，人們也會說牠很affectionate The word is about warmth you can see這個字講的是看得見的溫暖， not about passion only不只是熱情而已， and not about being easy to talk to (that is affable)也不是好相處、好講話（那是affable）

An affectionate person may be quite shy in a meeting and still full of soft care at home. There is a rare verb to affectionate, but learners almost always need this adjective. It is the opposite mood from affectation: here the feeling is meant to be real.

An affectionate person一個affectionate的人 may be quite shy in a meeting在會議上可能相當害羞 and still full of soft care at home但在家裡還是充滿溫柔的關懷 There is a rare verb to affectionate有一個很少見的動詞to affectionate， but learners almost always need this adjective但學習者幾乎都只需要這個形容詞 It is the opposite mood from affectation它跟affectation（做作）的情緒是相反的： here the feeling is meant to be real這裡的感情是真心的