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affair

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af∙fair / əˈfɛr ; əˈfeə /
◙noun [C]
1. PUBLIC / POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 公共/政治活动, affairs [pl.]
a. public or political events and activities
• 事务:
 »world affairs
  世界大事
 »They were accused of interfering in China'sinternal affairs.
  他们被指责干涉中国的内政。
 »the exclusion of women frompublic affairs
  拒绝妇女参与公共事务
 »aforeign affairscorrespondent for CNN
  美国有线新闻网的外交事务记者
b. things connected with your personal life, your financial situation etc
• 个人的事，私事:
 »I am not prepared to discuss myfinance affairswith the press.
  我不打算向新闻界谈论我的财务问题。
--› see state of affairs at STATE ¹ (8)
2. EVENT 事件
a. an event or set of related events, especially one that is impressive or shocking
• 〔尤指令人印象深刻或震惊的〕事件:
 »the Watergate affair
  水门事件
 »The whole affair was a disaster.
  整个事件就是一场灾难。
b. used when describing an event
• 事情〔用于描述某事时〕:
 »The party was a very grand affair.
  聚会场面很大。
3. RELATIONSHIP 关系, a secret sexual relationship between two people, when at least one of them married to someone else
• 〔非配偶的〕暧昧关系，通奸，私通;
【SYN】 love affair
▪ [+with]
 »Hehad an affairwith his boss that lasted six years.
  他和他老板的暧昧关系持续了六年。
4. OBJECT 物品, [informal old-fashioned] used when describing an object, machine etc
• 东西:
 »The computer was one of those little portable affairs.
  那台计算机是是小的便于携带的那一种。
5. be sb's affair, if something is your affair, it only concerns you and you do not want anyone else to get involved in it
• 是某人自己的事:
 »What I do in my free time is my affair.
  我在空余时间里做什么是我自己的事。