Do they associate with Mary and Ken out of genuine affection, or because spending time with such miserable types makes them feel (and look) better?

他们与玛丽和肯恩交往是出于真诚的感情，还是因为与这种可悲的人在一起会让他们感觉（和看起来）更好？

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Slowly, almost reluctantly, she placed her arm with apparently unaccustomed affection around her mother's shoulders and gently guided her back into the crowds.

慢慢地，几乎是不情愿地，她用显然不自然的、饱满深情的手臂搂住母亲的肩膀，轻轻地引导她回到人群中。

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They think of their parents with affection and respect.

他们对自己的父母心怀爱戴和敬意。

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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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"She was treated - and she treated everyone else - with affection and a good sense of humour, " he said.

BBC: Alethea Taylor

The two corresponded with appreciation and even with signs of affection.

ECONOMIST: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh

In a recent conversation at BAM, Mr. Cale, 70, spoke with compassion and affection for Nico, a vocalist with the Velvet Underground, the band Mr. Cale founded with Lou Reed some four decades ago.

WSJ: John Cale | Collision Course | By Jim Fusilli