affair

英[ə'fɛə]美[ə'fɛə]

n.[C]
1. 公共事务，政治事务（通常用复数）
2. 事件，事情
3.（尤指已婚男女的）私通，风流韵事
4. 私人业务（常用复数）
5. 个人的事
6. 不寻常之物，难描述的东西

复　数：affairs

同反义词

同：	[n.] function, intimacy, matter, thing

词义辨析

affair，business，matter，concern，thing

这些名词均含“事情”之意。
affair含义较广，侧重指已发生或必须去做的任何事情或事务。复数形式多指重大或较复杂的事务。
business通常指较重要或较难而又必须承担的事情，也可指商事。
matter普通用词，着重指一件考虑中的或需要处理的事。
concern往往强调与个人或团体利害有直接或重大关系的事。
thing用作“事情”解时，词义较笼统、含糊，多用于指不很具体的事。

参考例句

I won't go into all the depressing details;suffice it to say that the whole affair was an utter disaster.
我不必细说那些让人听了难受的事,只说一句就够了,整件事是个惨祸。收藏
She felt desperately that some bond stronger and more stable than mere passion must be forged if they were to have more than a passing affair.
她深深地感觉到，必须有一种比单纯的激情更有力更稳定的纽带，才能得到比片刻欢娱更多的东西。收藏
Negligence spoils an affair.
怠忽误事。收藏
The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star
据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通收藏
The inquest will be adjourned and we'll let it get about that we think it was a local affair
调整即将告一段落，对外界我们就说，我们认为这是本地局部地区的事情。收藏

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英英解释

名词解释：

a vaguely specified concern
- several matters to attend to
- it is none of your affair
- things are going well
[同] affair, matter, thing
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
[同] intimacy, involvement, affair, affaire, amour, liaison

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