propinquity的意思

propinquity

英式音标[prə'pɪŋkwəti]
美式英标[prə'pɪŋkwɪtɪ]

基本解释

n. 接近；邻近；近亲关系

propinquity 临近，接近

来自拉丁语propinquus,临近的，接近的，来自prope,临近的，来自pro的扩大形式，词源同proximity,approximate.-inquus,表方位后缀，来自hinc,这里，词源同here.

propinquity: propinquity: see proximity
propinquity (n.): late 14c., "nearness in relation, kinship," later also "physical nearness" (early 15c.), from Old French propinquite (13c.) and directly from Latin propinquitatem (nominative propinquitas) "nearness, vicinity; relationship, affinity," from propinquus "near, neighboring," from prope "near" (enlarged from PIE *pro "before;" see pro-) + suffix -inquus.
Nothing propinks like propinquity [Ian Fleming, chapter heading, "Diamonds are Forever," 1956; phrase popularized 1960s by U.S. diplomat George Ball]

2. Grace was indeed quite unconscious of Fitspier's propinquity.: 格雷丝确实完全没有觉察菲茨比尔斯近在身旁.

5. They are both cousins of his, but not of the same degree of propinquity.: 他们两都是他的表弟, 但是在血缘上不同程度相近.