affair
noun
əˈfeə
noun
1
PUBLIC/POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
公共/政治活动
a.
public
or
political
events
and
activities
b.
things
connected
with
your
personal
life,
your
financial
situation
etc
个人的事，私事
plural 复数
world
affairs
世界大事
They
were
accused
of
interfering
in
China’s
internal
affairs
.
他们被指责干涉中国的内政。
the
exclusion
of
women
from
public
affairs
拒绝妇女参与公共事务
a
foreign
affairs
correspondent
for
CNN
美国有线新闻网的外交事务记者
I
am
not
prepared
to
discuss
my
finance
affairs
with
the
press.
我不打算向新闻界谈论我的财务问题。
2
EVENT
事件
a.
an
event
or
set
of
related
events,
especially
one
that
is
impressive
or
shocking
b.
used
when
describing
an
event
事情〔用于描述某事时〕
the
Watergate
affair
水门事件
The
whole
affair
was
a
disaster.
整个事件就是一场灾难。
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;
[+
with
]
He
had
an
affair
with
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
used
when
describing
an
object,
machine
etc
[非正式，过时] 东西
informal old-fashioned
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。