Affective means relating to the emotions, or having an effect on them — the feeling side of a person, not the thinking side.

Affective means relating to the emotionsAffective的意思是跟情緒有關 or having an effect on them或對情緒有影響 the feeling side of a person──是一個人感受的那一面 not the thinking side不是思考的那一面

Psychologists talk about affective disorders, meaning troubles that sit in mood and feeling, such as a sadness that will not lift. Teachers talk about the affective side of learning: whether a student feels safe, interested, brave enough to try.

Psychologists talk about affective disorders心理學家會談到affective disorders（情感性疾患） meaning troubles that sit in mood and feeling意思是存在於情緒和感受裡的困擾 such as a sadness that will not lift例如一種揮之不去的悲傷 Teachers talk about the affective side of learning老師會談到學習的affective（情意）那一面 whether a student feels safe, interested, brave enough to try學生是否感到安全、有沒有興趣、有沒有勇氣去嘗試

It is a specialist word. You will meet it in psychology, education, and some medicine, and almost never in the shop or at the dinner table.

It is a specialist word這是一個專業用語 You will meet it in psychology, education, and some medicine你會在心理學、教育學、還有一些醫學領域裡遇到它 and almost never in the shop or at the dinner table但幾乎不會在商店裡或餐桌上聽到

Though actually, the tidy dictionary line can hide a trap: affective is not a fancy twin of effective. Effective means it works. Affective means it has to do with feeling. They look like family; they are not a pair in use.

Though actually不過，其實 the tidy dictionary line can hide a trap字典上簡潔的說明可能藏著一個陷阱 affective is not a fancy twin of effectiveaffective不是effective比較花俏的雙胞胎 Effective means it worksEffective的意思是它有效 Affective means it has to do with feelingAffective的意思是跟感受有關 They look like family它們看起來像一家人 they are not a pair in use但在使用上並不是一對