affair
affair
英[əˈfeə(r)]美[əˈfer]
n.事务，私事，事件，东西，风流韵事；
复数：affairs;
例句
The affair had a strange sequel.这一事件的结*很奇怪。
Their scandalous affair has really set tongues wagging.他们的风流事可招来了不少闲话。
He's denied having an affair with secretary but of course there's no smoke without fire.他不承认他和他的秘书有染, 但是无风不起浪啊。
I was glad to be let out of that nasty affair, and have someone more experienced handle the trouble.我真高兴能从那件棘手的事情中解脱出来, 让更有经验的人去对付那个难题。
Breakfast was a very subdued affair.早餐吃得很压抑。
her highly publicized affair with a leading politician她与一名*界要人备受关注的风流韵事
The love affair added a little zest to her life.这次恋爱给她的生命增添了一些生趣。
The affair led to a mid-term Cabinet reshuffle (= when the prime minister/president changes some of the people in the Cabinet).这次事件引发了內阁中途改组。
It's common gossip that they're having an affair.大家都说他们之间关系暧昧。
briefly entertaining hopes that he might keep the affair a secret曾有一刻希望他能对这件事保守秘密
英语六级真题
Colleges exercise full control over their own financial affairs.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文We are very proud of our accomplishments under the Greenlist system and we believe that we will prevail in these cases, Christopher Beard, director of public affairs for SC Johnson, said, while acknowledging that this has been an area that is difficult to navigate.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文In the past, the young have eagerly participated in national service and civic affairs, often with lots of energy and idealism.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文In October 2000, the same month the survey was taken, the Washington-based Center for Media and Public Affairs wrote in its publication Media Monitor that, in a recent month of TV news coverage of American youth, just 2% of teens were shown at home, and just 1% were portrayed in a work setting.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文minister of social security, quickly commissioned a study to determine the causes of and possible cures for this disturbing stale of affairs.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文We see the potential for capture and storage to play an integral role in reducing emissions," says Kim Corley, Shell's senior advisor of CO2 and environmental affairs.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文We went through a dramatic shift," says Dawn Watkins, the vice president for student affairs.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文More experience in worldly affairs.
出自-2014年6月听力原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-SING
事情；事件
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 .
例句
The government has mishandled the whole affair...*府对整个事件处理不当。The affair began when customs officials inspected a convoy of 60 tankers...就在海关关员检查一个60艘油轮的船队时，事情发生了。N-SING
…事件（指重要或有趣的事件或情况）
You can refer to an important or interesting event or situation as 'the ... affair'.
例句
...the damage caused to the CIA and FBI in the aftermath of the Watergate affair.水门事件发生后给美国中央情报*和联邦调查*造成的不良影响...confidential Bank of England documents relating to the BCCI affair.与国际信贷商业银行事务相关的英格兰银行的机密文件N-SING
…事（指具有某种特点的事情）
You can describe the main quality of an event by saying that it is a particular kind of affair .
例句
Michael said that his planned 10-day visit would be a purely private affair...迈克尔说他所计划的10天访问纯属个人私事。Breakfast will be a cheerless affair for the Prime Minister this morning.今天的早餐会让首相感觉全然无味。N-SING
（不寻常的或具有某种特点的）东西
You can describe an object as a particular kind of affair when you want to draw attention to a particular feature, or indicate that it is unusual.
例句
All their beds were distinctive; Mac's was an iron affair with brass knobs...他们的床都各具特色；马克的床是张带球形黄铜柱头的铁家伙。He tried dividing it into two bundles, tying them to his walking stick, and slinging the whole affair across his back.他试着将它分成两包绑在他的拐棍上，然后把所有东西都挂在后背上。N-COUNT
风流韵事；私通
If two people who are not married to each other have an affair, they have a sexual relationship.
例句
She was having an affair with someone at work.她跟某一同事有染。N-PLURAL
（关于某个主题所有的）事务
You can use affairs to refer to all the important facts or activities that are connected with a particular subject.
例句
He does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of another country...他不想干涉别国内*。With more details, here's our foreign affairs correspondent.详细情况，请听我们外交事务记者的报道。N-PLURAL
私事；个人事务
Your affairs are all the matters connected with your life which you consider to be private and normally deal with yourself.
例句
He was rational and consistent in the conduct of his affairs...他处理私事时头脑清楚，始终如一。The unexpectedness of my father's death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order.家父的猝然离世留下了尚未完全安排妥当的身后事。N-SING
（不容别人干涉的）事务
If you say that a decision or situation is someone's affair, you mean that it is their responsibility, and other people should not interfere.
例句
If you wish to make a fool of yourself, that is your affair...如果你想让自己出丑，那是你自己的事。If they want to stay and fight, then I guess that's their affair.如果他们想留下来打架，我想那是他们自己的事。英汉词典释义
n.
发生的事情; 大事; 事件
The exhibition will be a big affair.这次展出将是一个盛举。事务, 事态
I know nothing of legal affairs.我对法律方面的事情一无所知。事件；事情
（尤指已婚男女的）私通，风流韵事
私人业务
个人的事
不寻常之物；难描述的东西
公共事务；**事务
（尤指已婚男女的）私通，风流韵事
私人业务
个人的事
不寻常之物；难描述的东西
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a vaguely specified concern;
"several matters to attend to""it is none of your affair""things are going well"2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
3. a vaguely specified social event;
"the party was quite an affair""an occasion arranged to honor the president""a seemingly endless round of social functions"
