affair
柯林斯词典
1. N-SING If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair. 事件
The administration has mishandled the whole affair. 政府错误地处理了整个事件。
2. N-SING You can refer to an important or interesting event or situation as "the ... affair." (…) 事件[journalism]
...the damage caused to the CIA and FBI in the aftermath of the Watergate affair. …水门事件过后对中情局和美国联帮调查局造成的损害。
3. N-SING You can describe the main quality of an event by saying that it is a particular kind of affair. (某种性质的) 事
Michael said that his planned 10-day visit would be a purely private affair. 迈克尔说他计划的10天的访问将是一件纯粹私事。
4. N-COUNT If two people who are not married to each other have an affair, they have a sexual relationship. 不正当关系
Married male supervisors were carrying on affairs with female subordinates in the office. 已婚男上司和办公室里的女下级在搞不正当关系。
5. →see also love affair
6. N-PLURAL You can use affairs to refer to all the important facts or activities that are connected with a particular subject. (有关某话题的) 事务
He does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of another country. 他不想干涉他国的内部事务。
7. →see also current affairs , state of affairs
8. N-PLURAL Your affairs are all the matters connected with your life that you consider to be private and normally deal with yourself. (个人的) 事情
The unexpectedness of my father's death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order. 我父亲的意外过世意味着他的个人事情不是完全有序。
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affair /əˈfɛə/ (affairs)
剑桥词典
- The whole affair does not reflect well on the government .
- As a leader , he's been criticized for his inexperience in foreign affairs.
- He put his affairs in order before he went into hospital .
- I've never been very money-minded - I leave all my business affairs to my financial adviser .
- The director has come in for a lot of criticism over his handling of the affair.
- She discovered (that) her husband was having an affair.
- They have been rather indiscreet about their affair.
- It's an open secret around the office that they're having an affair.
- Their love affair began against a backdrop of war .
- She hired a private detective to find out if her husband was having an affair.
affair noun [C] (MATTER)
a situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered事务;事情
She organizes her financial affairs very efficiently. 她把自己的财务处理得井井有条、又快又好。
He's always meddling in (= trying to influence ) other people's affairs. 他总想插手别人的事情。
What I do in my spare time is my affair (= only involves me). 我在业余时间做什么,这是我自己的事。
a matter or situation that causes strong public feeling , usually of moral disapproval
(通常指在道德上被谴责的)事件
The arms-dealing affair has severely damaged the reputation of the government . 武器交易事件严重损害了政府的声誉。
The president's handling of the affair has been criticized . 总统对这一事件的处理遭到了抨击。
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affair noun [C] (RELATIONSHIP)
a sexual relationship , especially a secret one(尤指秘密的)性关系;私通;风流韵事
She's having an affair with a married man. 她和一个有妇之夫私通。
The book doesn't make any mention of his love affairs. 这本书没有提及他的种种风流韵事。
an extramarital affair 婚外恋
例句
affair noun [C] (EVENT)
an event
活动,经历
The party turned out to be a quiet affair. 结果聚会办得冷冷清清。
affair noun [C] (THING)
old-fashionedan object of the type stated
(某类的)东西
She wore a long black velvet affair. 她身穿一件那种黑色天鹅绒的长裙。 返回 affair