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affair

af·fair /əˈfeə $ əˈfer/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countableC]
1  public/political activities 公共/政治活動affairs [plural]
a) HAPPENpublic or political events and activities 事務
Are you interested in world affairs?
你對世界大事感興趣嗎？
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
外交部
Women had little role in public affairs.
女性過去幾乎不參與公共事務。
b) PRIVATE/PERSONALthings connected with your personal life, your financial situation etc 個人事務，私事
I am not prepared to discuss my financial affairs with the press.
我不打算同新聞界談論我的財務情況。
→ 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驚的〕事件
the Watergate affair
水門事件
The whole affair was a disaster.
整個事件就是一場災難。
b) used when describing an event 事情〔用於描述某事時〕
The party was a very grand affair.
聚會場面很大。
► see thesaurus at event
3  relationship 關系RELATIONSHIP a secret sexual relationship between two people, when at least one of them is married to someone else 〔非配偶的〕暧昧關系，通奸，私通 SYN love affair
affair with
He had an affair with his boss that lasted six years.
他和老板的暧昧關系持續了六年。
4  object 物品 informal old-fashionedTHING used when describing an object, machine etc 東西
The computer was one of those little portable affairs.
這台電腦屬於小型、便攜的那一種。
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.
我在空餘時間做什麽是我自己的事。
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/國際事務
China is now a major player in world affairs.
現在中國是國際事務的重要參與者。
current affairs (=important events that are happening now) 時事
a 24-hour news and current affairs channel
一個24小時新聞時事頻道
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.
他從不在别人面前談論自己的私事。
somebody’s financial affairs 某人的財務
They offer advice on managing your financial affairs.
他們提供理財建議。
somebody’s business affairs 某人的商業事務
nAfter dad retired, I managed his estate and business affairs.
economic affairs 經濟事務
nHe was appointed Minister of State with responsibility for economic affairs.
political affairs 政治事務
nThe military promised to stay out of political affairs.
military affairs 軍事事務
nthe president’s advisor on military affairs
religious affairs 宗教事務
nShe wanted to be more involved in the church and religious affairs.
foreign/external affairs (=events in other countries) 外交事務/外務
nthe Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
domestic/internal affairs (also home affairs British EnglishBrE) (=events inside a country) 國内事務/内務
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) 公共事務
nHe was active in public affairs in his region.
phrases
affairs of state (=the business of the government) 國家大事，國務
The church played no role in the affairs of state.
教會不參與國事。
put your affairs in order (=organize them before you go somewhere or die) 〔臨走或臨終前〕處理好個人事務
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”

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