新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

affair

英 [əˈfeə]

[NOUN]

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NOUN. 名词

affairs
1. [SING 单数型名词] 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.
近义词
business , matter
双语例句
例：
The administration has mishandled the whole affair.
政府对整个事件处理不当。
2. [SING 单数型名词] （…）事件
You can refer to an important or interesting event or situation as 'the ... affair'.
双语例句
例：
the damage caused to the CIA and FBI in the aftermath of the Watergate affair.
水门事件过后对中央情报局和美国联帮调查局造成的不利影响。
3. [SING 单数型名词] （某种性质的）事
You can describe the main quality of an event by saying that it is a particular kind of affair.
双语例句
例：
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. [C 可数名词] 不正当关系
If two people who are not married to each other have an affair, they have a sexual relationship.
双语例句
例：
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. [PL 复数] （有关某话题的）事务
You can use affairs to refer to all the important facts or activities that are connected with a particular subject.
双语例句
例：
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。
6. [PL 复数] （个人的）事情
Your affairs are all the matters connected with your life that you consider to be private and normally deal with yourself.
双语例句
例：
The unexpectedness of my father's death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order.
我父亲的意外过世留下了一些他尚未安排妥善的事情。