The phrase "affection to keep" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a desire to maintain or hold onto affection, but the wording is awkward and unclear.
Example: "She had a deep affection to keep, but it was difficult to hold onto it in such a challenging situation."
Alternatives: "affection to maintain" or "love to preserve".
And yet for all that she is perceived as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's handmaiden and replica, she could not even engender enough reciprocal loyalty and affection to keep him from asking Hillary Rodham Clinton to consider entering the race.
He summons his son, Jeffrey, the novel's narrator, to a secret cryogenics facility to see his wife's cutting-edge entombment, and, despite their seeming lack of affection, to keep him company during the run-up to her "cryonic suspension".
Though each relationship is different, every couple needs a baseline of affection to keep the relationship strong.
Let it sit this way for five minutes while you offer it petting and affection to keep it calm.
Ever the fraternity president, he gave everyone a nickname, not out of affection but to keep them at a safe distance.
I admit that I have a hard time believing that anything bad could come out of my favourite plant, but it's exactly that affection we have to keep in check when surveying weed's effectiveness as a medicine.
I admit that I have a hard time believing that anything bad could come out of my favorite plant, but it's exactly that affection we have to keep in check when surveying weed's effectiveness as a medicine.
Marco is generous, promising to send a memento of affection that Maria wants to keep by her bed.
"I really felt for her, she's been alone her whole life with no contact, no affection, or love, always having to keep people at arm's length," she says.
But he is also a man of humble affections, attempting with increasing desperation to keep himself and his beloved mother-in-law (who is also his aunt) from falling into an abyss of poverty and despair.
We were out of the closet but now carried a portable partition to keep our affections hidden.
