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TOEFL BNC: 941 COCA: 1364

affair

af·fair /əˈfeə $ əˈfer/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countableC]  
1  public/political activities 公共/政治活动affairs [plural]
a) HAPPENpublic or political events and activities 事务
  Are you interested in world affairs?
你对世界大事感兴趣吗？
 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
外交部
 Women had little role in public affairs.
女性过去几乎不参与公共事务。
b) PRIVATE/PERSONALthings connected with your personal life, your financial situation etc 个人事务，私事
 I am not prepared to discuss my financial affairs with the press.
我不打算同新闻界谈论我的财务情况。
→ state of affairs at state1(8)
Examples from the Corpus
affairs• You need to get your financial affairs in order.• They were accused of interfering in China's internal affairs.• world affairs
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。
► see thesaurus at event
3  relationship 关系RELATIONSHIP a secret sexual relationship between two people, when at least one of them is married to someone else 〔非配偶的〕暧昧关系，通奸，私通 SYN love affair
affair with
 He had an affair with his boss that lasted six years.
他和老板的暧昧关系持续了六年。
4  object 物品 informal old-fashionedTHING used when describing an object, machine etc 东西
 The computer was one of those little portable affairs.
这台电脑属于小型、便携的那一种。
5  be somebody’s affair PRIVATE/PERSONALif 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.
我在空余时间做什么是我自己的事。
Examples from the Corpus
be somebody’s affair• What I do in my free time is my affair and nobody else's.
 COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
world/international affairs 世界/国际事务
China is now a major player in world affairs.
现在中国是国际事务的重要参与者。
current affairs (=important events that are happening now) 时事
a 24-hour news and current affairs channel
一个24小时新闻时事频道
somebody’s private affairs (=things that are personal and not for other people to know about) 某人的私事
He never discussed his private affairs in public.
他从不在别人面前谈论自己的私事。
somebody’s financial affairs 某人的财务
They offer advice on managing your financial affairs.
他们提供理财建议。
somebody’s business affairs 某人的商业事务
nAfter dad retired, I managed his estate and business affairs.
economic affairs 经济事务
nHe was appointed Minister of State with responsibility for economic affairs.
political affairs 政治事务
nThe military promised to stay out of political affairs.
military affairs 军事事务
nthe president’s advisor on military affairs
religious affairs 宗教事务
nShe wanted to be more involved in the church and religious affairs.
foreign/external affairs (=events in other countries) 外交事务/外务
nthe Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
domestic/internal affairs (also home affairs British EnglishBrE) (=events inside a country) 国内事务/内务
nthe Minister of Home Affairs
nHe said that the US should not try to interfere in his country's domestic affairs.
public affairs (=events that affect the people of a country) 公共事务
nHe was active in public affairs in his region.
phrases
affairs of state (=the business of the government) 国家大事，国务
The church played no role in the affairs of state.
教会不参与国事。
put your affairs in order (=organize them before you go somewhere or die) 〔临走或临终前〕处理好个人事务
nI have cancer so I know I’ve got to put my affairs in order.
Examples from the Corpus
affair• I had no idea that Mike had an affair with Carolyn!• My wife thinks I'm having an affair with someone at work.• He accused his wife of having an affair.• The awards celebration is an annual affair in Hollywood.• The court case was an awful affair that dragged on for months.• Angel's branch of the Solis de Gonzales, however, were no good at looking after their business affairs.• The interpretation of the complex world of human affairs in terms of an experimental analysis is no doubt often oversimplified.• According to this official document, the blame for the Executive Life affair lay with former managers of Altus and the group.• Burton had been involved in a love affair with a woman who ended up taking most of his money.• For the Prince it was the beginning of a love affair.• They finally confessed their secret love affair.• She too endured harsh criticism and partisan pressure for becoming openly involved in public affairs.• Other co-operation agreements were signed, covering economics, trade, transport, technical affairs, culture and drug policing.• Nick Leeson had to serve a prison term in Singapore for his part in the affair.• According to one account, the Cornishmen felt that the affairs of the North were too remote to interest them.• The affair had been going on for years before her husband found out.• Their affair lasted for six years.• The whole world was waiting for the outcome of the Watergate affair.
had an affair• Several times, he looked close his comeuppance after allegations that he had had an affair with a former pupil.• Clinton admitted that Flowers had been an acquaintance, but strongly denied that he had had an affair with her.• His wife, Regina, accused him of having had an affair with former press aide Valerie Taliman and ignoring his family.• I had no idea that Horgan had an affair with Carolyn.• Cedric Mellings had an affair or two, and then, so did Dorothy Mellings.• He saw himself as a man who fell in love, not one who had affairs.
Origin affair
(1100-1200) Old French afaire, from à faire “to do”
af·fair noun →COLLOCATIONS1
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TOEFL BNC: 941 COCA: 1364
affair

noun¹

 1event/situation事件；形勢ADJECTIVE | VERB + AFFAIR | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤whole整件事情◇She saw the whole affair as a great joke.她把整件事看成一個大玩笑。➤glittering, grand盛大的活動；隆重的事件◇I knew that the wedding would be a grand affair.我知道婚禮會很隆重。➤intimate, low-key, simple私人的事情；辦得低調的事件；簡單的事件▸➤community, local社區／地方事務▸➤messy:francisb-->, sad, sordid, sorry, squalid (especially BrE) 難以處理的事件；傷心的事件；不齒的勾當；令人難過的事情；卑鄙的勾當◇the newspaper article that exposed this whole sordid affair報紙上披露這起卑鄙勾當的全過程的文章VERB + AFFAIR➤deal with, handle處理事情◇Many people have criticized the way the government handled the affair.許多人抨擊政府處理這件事的方法。➤be involved in牽涉進某個事件中▸➤investigate調查事件PHRASES➤sb's involvement in the affair某人牽涉進事件中◇He has tried to play down his involvement in the affair.他試圖淡化與該事的瓜葛。➤a state of affairs事態；局勢◇How did this state of affairs come about?形勢怎麼會發展到這個地步？➤wash your hands of the affair (= to refuse to be responsible for sth or involved in sth) 拒絕對⋯負責；與⋯擺脫干係
affair

noun²

 2sexual relationship性關係ADJECTIVE | VERB + AFFAIR | AFFAIR + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤brief, casual短暫的曖昧關係；偶然的風流韻事▸➤clandestine, illicit, secret私通；非法的性關係▸➤adulterous, extramarital通姦；婚外情◇He had an extramarital affair with his secretary.他與秘書發生了婚外情。➤passionate, steamy, torrid狂熱的曖昧戀情；狂放的曖昧戀情▸➤scandalous可恥的曖昧關係▸➤unhappy不愉快的風流韻事▸➤love, romantic, sexual風流韻事；浪漫的風流韻事◇a torrid love affair狂熱的風流韻事➤gay, homosexual, lesbian男同性戀戀情；同性戀戀情；女同性戀戀情➤alleged所謂的曖昧關係VERB + AFFAIR➤carry on, conduct, have有曖昧關係；私通；有染◇He's having an affair with a colleague.他與一位同事關係曖昧。➤cover up, deny掩蓋／否認曖昧關係➤expose揭露風流韻事AFFAIR + VERB➤go on曖昧關係持續◇How long has the affair been going on?這種曖昧關係持續多久了？PREPOSITION➤affair between⋯之間的曖昧關係◇It's the story of a secret affair between a married teacher and her teenage student.這是一個已婚教師和她一個十幾歲的學生私通的故事。➤affair with與⋯的私通◇an affair with a married man與一已婚男子的私通
affair

noun³

 3sth that concerns one person/small group（個人或小集體的）事，活動ADJECTIVE | VERB + AFFAIR | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤family, sb's own, personal, private家事；某人自己的事；私事◇It's a family affair.這是家事。VERB + AFFAIR➤interfere in, meddle in干涉／干預⋯的事PHRASES➤sb's affair某人的事情◇What I do at home is my affair.我在家中做什麼是我自己的事。➤no affair of sb's不關某人的事◇That's no affair of yours.那不關你的事。
affair

noun⁴

 4affairs important matters重要事情ADJECTIVE | VERB + AFFAIRS | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤current時事◇a current-affairs magazine一本時事雜誌➤public公共事務▸➤human與人類有關的事務▸➤domestic, home, internal, national國內事務▸➤civic, community, local城市／社區／當地事務▸➤external, foreign, global, international, world對外／外交／全球／國際／世界事務◇the minister for foreign affairs外交部長➤business, financial, legal商務；財務；法律事務▸➤commercial, consumer, cultural, economic, environmental, military, political, religious, social商業／消費者／文化／經濟／環境／軍隊／政治／宗教／社會事務VERB + AFFAIRS➤administer, arrange, attend to, conduct, manage, run管理事務；安排事務；處理事務；執掌事務；主持事務◇I am trying to arrange my father's financial affairs.我正盡力安排父親財務上的事宜。➤get in order, put in order, set in order, settle, wind up把事務安排得井井有條；把事務料理得井井有條；解決事務；結束事務◇She went back home to put her affairs in order before she died.她臨終前回到家中將一切都安排妥當。PHRASES➤affairs of state國事◇The Cabinet will be discussing certain affairs of state.內閣將就某些國事進行討論。➤a state of affairs形勢◇the current state of affairs in schools學校當前的形勢
TOEFL BNC: 941 COCA: 1364
affair noun
⇨ business 1 (That's my affair.) ⇨ event 1 (current affairs) ⇨ relationship 2 (They had a passionate affair.)
TOEFL BNC: 941 COCA: 1364

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