新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

affair

英  [əˈfeə]
    

[NOUN]

    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。