affair
[ə'fɛə]
n.私通, 事件, 事务, 事情
例句与用法:
The minister is busy with important affairs of state.
部长忙于重要国务。
The party was a dull affair.
这次聚会单调乏味。
Mind your own affairs!
别管闲事!
词形变化:
副词: affably | 名词: affability |
n.[C]
1. 事情, 事, 事件
How are your affairs going?
你的情况怎么样?
The wedding was a quiet affair.
婚礼是悄悄地进行的。
2. 事务, 业务; 事态[P]
The premier deals with important affairs of state.
总理处理国家重要事务。
3. 恋爱事件, 风流韵事
4. 【美】喜庆(或社交)活动
affair
名词复数:affairs
词形变化:
副词: affably | 名词: affability |
词义辨析:
同义:
n.事情, 事件; 事务
occurrence
concern
matter
occasion
happening
event
business
n.喜庆(或社交)活动
festivity
party
同义参见:
coffee
episode
occupation
amour
romance
doing
fair2
performance
thing
banquet
labor
interest
affair[ə'fεə]n.1.■事,事情2.■[复数](公共、商业等方面的)事务;业务;事态3.■事件,事变;(发生的)事情4.■(个人的)事,(私)事5.■[美国英语]社交活动(或集会);喜庆事(或活动)6.■社会轶闻;闹得满城风雨的案件;臭名昭著的事件[常与当事者人名等专有名词连用]( =affaire)7.■(尤指关系不长久的)风流韵事;(不正当的)恋爱事件;私通 ( = affaire)8.■[口语]东西;事物(an)affair of honour决斗(以决斗解决的荣誉攸关的事情)(an) affair of love私通;恋爱问题(an) affair of the heart恋爱事件,恋爱问题carry on an affair with[口语]与…有暧昧关系,与…有不正当的男女关系have an affair (with)(和…)通奸,(与某人)有不正当的男女关系mind one's own affairs (或 business)少管闲事pretty state of affairs[口语]窘境,麻烦的处境put-up affair (或 job)[口语]诡计,圈套;暗中预谋的勾当settle one's affairs(尤指入伍、远行等之前)把个人事务料理停当,安排自己的事(在遗嘱中)把财产安排妥当state of affairs事态,状况
affairaffair[əˈfɛə]n.1.■事情[件]2.■[常用复] 事务; 事态3.■不正当的恋爱事件, 男女间的暧昧关系4.■[口]东西, 物品Ministry of Foreign Affairs外交部a got-up affair预谋事件, 圈套material affair物质生活the affairs of State国事, 政务the state of affairs形势, 事态a wonderful affair奇异东西, 珍品have an affair with...与... 搞不正当的恋爱wind up one's affairs料理事务, 了结事务
noun
- an event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to
(某种特定的或先前提及的)事件;一系列事件
the board admitted responsibility for the affair.
委员会承认对该事负责。
I wanted the funeral to be a family affair.
我希望葬礼只是自家的事情。
■a matter that is a particular person's concern or responsibility
个人的事
what you do in your spare time is your affair.
你闲暇时做什么是你自己的事。
■(affairs)matters of public interest and importance
公共事务
commissions were created to advise on foreign affairs.
成立委员会咨询外交事务。
■(affairs)business and financial dealings
商务和金融交易
his time was spent in winding up his affairs.
他的时间都用在料理停当生意上了。 - [with adj.](informal)an object of a particular type
(非正式)物件,东西
her dress was a black low-cut affair.
她的礼服是黑色低胸的。 - a love affair
风流韵事,私通
his wife is having an affair.
他妻子正在婚外恋。
- Middle English : from Old French afaire, from à faire 'to do'; compare with ado
affair
名词 affair:
a vaguely specified concern
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
同义词:affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour
a vaguely specified social event
affair
■It wasn't long before he told us about this affair.
不久他就告诉了我们这件事。
■Soon afterwards he made his first public statement about the affair.
不久以后,他第一次就这一事件发表了公开声明。
■Do not meddle in the internal affair of other countries.
不要干涉其它国家的内政。
■The book says nothing about the affair.
书上对这件事什么也没有谈。
■The bigger the affair, the greater the snare.
事情做得越大,陷阱就会越深。
■Once the affair became public, he was persecuted by the press.
事情公开後,他便受到新闻界的纠缠。
■Better lie low until this affair blows over.
事过境迁之前,你还是躲起来较好。
■We're going to a black-tie affair this evening.
今晚,我们要出席一个很庄重的场合。
■He did not want to be mixed up in that affair.
他不愿参与那件事。
■The affair he is having with his secretary is the talk of the office and he had better be careful.
他与秘书的风流韵事成为办公室议论的话题,他最好注意一些。
■He was unconcerned in the affair.
他与该事件无关。
■They go to absurd length to keep the affair secret.
他们为了保密无所不用其极。
■They buzzed about Halley's romantic affair.
他们嘁嘁喳喳地谈论哈利的风流韵事。
■Their versions of the affair agree.
他们对这件事的说法相同。
■They were having an affair under my very nose, and I didn't even realize!
他们就在我眼皮底下勾搭上了,而我竟没看出来!
■They suspected me of having a hand in the affair.
他们怀疑我,插手了这件事。
■Their love affair was played out against the background of a country at war.
他们恋爱那时国家正进行著战争。
■They carried on a torrid love affair.
他们曾有过炙热的爱情。
■They had an affair once, but that's ancient history now.
他们曾经有过一段暧昧关系,但现在那已成为遥远的过去了。
■Their wedding was a very low-key affair.
他们的婚礼办得很低调。
■Their wedding was a splendid affair.
他们的婚礼富丽堂皇。
■Their love affair is an open secret.
他们的风流韵事是公开的秘密。
■He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair.
他会陷入一桩不愉快的事情。
■He gave a pledge to handle the affair fairly.
他保证公平处理这件事。
■He give a pledge to handle the affair fairly.
他保证自己公平处理此事。
■He pretends ignorance of the affair.
他假装不知此事。
■He glibly professed his ignorance of the affair.
他口口声声表白不知道这件事。
■He regretted having been caught up in the affair.
他后悔当初卷入了这件事。
■He paid me the compliment of consulting me about the affair.
他向我请教那件事以表示对我的敬意。
■He denied all knowledge of the affair.
他否认知道此事。
■He denied his father's rumoured love affair.
他否认谣传的他父亲的风流韵事。
■He divorced his wife because she had an affair.
他和妻子离婚了,因为她和他的老板私通。
■He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.
他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
■His part in the affair remains obscure.
他在这事上扮演的角色到现在还不知道。
■He was completely unaware of the whole affair.
他对整件事情一无所知。
■I was impressed by his handling of the affair.
他对此事的处理方式我什感佩服。
■He presented quite a new view of the affair.
他对那件事提出了相当新的看法。
■He went into a long explanation of the affair.
他对那件事长篇大论地解释起来。
■He has promised a thorough investigation into the affair.
他已答应彻查此事。
■He's abdicated all responsibility in the affair.
他已经放弃了这件事中的一切职责。
■He began to wish himself out of the affair .
他开始希望自己未介入那件事。
■He wanted to know the bottom facts in this affair.
他想知道此事的根本事实。
■He gave me a great account of the whole affair.
他把情况原原来来都对我讲了。
■He had no art or part in the affair.
他根本没有参与这件事情。
■His report was unconcerned with the affair.
他的报告兴该事件无关。
■News of his affair eventually reached her ears.
他的绯闻终于传到她耳朵里。
■His plan is to keep the affair secret.
他的计划是将这件事保密。节。
■His second marriage had turned out a cool affair.
他第二次结婚却是淡墨山水。
■He got tangled in the affair.
他被卷入那事件。
■It's an open secret that he's having an affair with his secretary.
他跟秘书的恋情是一个公开的秘密。