| 词汇 | affair |
| 释义 | affair 2 ENTRIES FOUND: affair (noun) love affair (noun) affair /əˈfeɚ/ noun plural affairs affair /əˈfeɚ/ noun plural affairs Learner's definition of AFFAIR 1 affairs [plural] : work or activities done for a purpose : commercial, professional, public, or personal business（商业机构、专业机构、公共或个人的）事务，活动 The group conducts its affairs [=business] in private.这个组织暗地里开展活动。 We were told to arrange/settle our affairs. = We were told to put our affairs in order.我们被告知要把我们自己的事安排有序。 handling/managing someone else's affairs处理他人的事务 They seem to be quite pleased with the current/present state of affairs. [=situation]他们似乎对目前的形势很满意。 She's the company's director of public affairs. [=the person who manages a company's relationship with the public]她是公司的公共事务部主管。 She's an expert in foreign affairs. [=events and activities that involve foreign countries]她是一名外事专家。 world/international affairs [=events and activities that involve different nations]国际事务 After the war, the government focused on its own domestic affairs.战后，政府集中精力处理本国的国内事务。 They accused the U.S. of interfering in the internal affairs of other nations.他们谴责美国政府干涉别国内政。 2 [count] : a matter that concerns or involves someone（与某人有关的）事 This has nothing to do with you. It's not your affair. [=business, concern] = It's none of your affair. [=business]这事与你无关。别多管闲事。 How I choose to live is my affair, not yours.选择如何生活是我的私事，与你无关。 3 [count] : a secret sexual relationship between two people : love affair（男女之间的）私通，风流韵事，暧昧关系 adulterous/extramarital affairs between married men and single women已婚男子与单身女子的私通/婚外恋 — often used in the phrase have an affair常用于短语have an affair She divorced her husband after she discovered that he was having an affair.她发现丈夫有外遇之后就和他离婚了。 — often + with She had an affair with a coworker.她与一名同事有过一段风流韵事。 4 [count] a : a social event or activity社交活动；喜庆事 He wants to make their wedding day an affair to remember. [=a special event]他想让他们的婚礼这一天成为值得纪念的日子。 a simple/elaborate affair简单的/复杂的事情 We were invited to a black-tie affair [=a party in which men wear tuxedos and women wear fancy dresses] at the governor's mansion.我们应邀参加了在总督府举办的正式晚宴。 b : an event or series of events that usually involves well-known people（涉及名人的）事件 the famous hostage affair of the late 1970s20世纪70年代末那场著名的人质事件 The public has shown little interest in the whole affair.公众对整个事件显得不甚关心。 — often used with proper names常与专有名词连用 the Iran-Contra affair [=scandal]伊朗门事件 5 [count] informal : something made or produced : an object or thing（做成的）东西；物件 The only bridge across the river was a flimsy affair of ropes and rotten wood.河上唯一的一座桥只不过是用绳子和烂木头拼凑出的简易过河通道。 |
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