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affair
af.fair  AHD[…-fâr“]   DJ[*6fe*]  KK[*6fWr]
n.（名词）
1.Something done or to be done; business.
    事情：已做或要做的事情；事件
2.affairs Transactions and other matters of professional or public business:
    affairs 事务：业务和其他职业上的事情或公事：
    affairs of state.
    国事
3.An occurrence, an event, or a matter:
    事变，大事，事件：
    The senator's death was a tragic affair.
    参议员之死是个悲剧
4.A social function.
    社会作用
5.An object or a contrivance:
    东西，物件：物品或发明物：
    Their first car was a ramshackle affair.
    他们的第一辆车破烂不堪
6.A matter of personal concern.
    个人的事：与个人有关的事
7.affairs Personal business:
    affairs 私事：
    get one's affairs in order.
    处理好个人事务
8.A matter causing public scandal and controversy:
    社会轶闻：引起大众丑闻及争议的事件：
    the Dreyfus affair.
    德雷福斯丑闻
9.A romantic and sexual relationship, sometimes one of brief duration, between two people who are not married to each other.
    风流韵事，绯闻：两个没有婚姻关系的人之间浪漫的和性的关系，有时是短暂的
ORIGIN
1.Middle Englishaffaire
    中古英语affaire
2.from Old Frenchafaire
    源自 古法语afaire
3.froma faire [to do]
    源自a faire [做]
4.a [to]  from Latinad * see  ad-
    a [向]  源自 拉丁语ad *参见ad-
5.faire [to do]  fromfacere * see  dh¶-
    faire [做]  源自facere *参见 dh¶-
SYNONYMS
1.affair,business,concern,lookout
2.The central meaning shared by these nouns is “something that involves one personally”:
    这些名词所共有的中心意思为“有关个人的事情”：
    你应注意去看看你的申请是否准时归档