Their affection for her soon increased almost to idolatry.

他们对她的喜爱几乎发展成了盲目崇拜。

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Year by year their affection for each other grew stronger.

年复一年，他们对彼此的爱愈加强烈。

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Males accomplish this feat by embracing the object of their affection in a tight mating "hug" called amplexus.

雄蟾蜍要完成这一壮举，必须紧紧拥抱自己的“心上人”，即“抱合”。

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In fact, the London newspaper at that time and popular opinion sympathized with them, Dudley and Stevens, and the paper said if they weren't motivated by affection and concern for their loved ones at home and their dependents, surely they wouldn't have done this.

事实上，当时伦敦的报纸,以及舆论，是很同情达德利和斯蒂芬斯的，报纸上说，要不是因为他们,为了能活着见到家中的挚爱亲朋，他们肯定不会这么做的。

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Their affection for guns, religion, the death penalty and genetically modified crops seems strange to Europeans.

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What hadn't changed much though was way the Brits showed their affection that year for their sovereign.

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And through decades of differences, Americans have been united in their affection for this country and its people.

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