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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”
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