affair

n

• ① 事件,事情(=event)

• ② 职务,工作(=business);[常用复数形]事务;业务
  • It's not my affair.那不是我的事。
  • I have many affairs to look after.我有许多事务需要照料。
  • family affairs家务事
  • foreign affairs外交事务
  • human affairs人事
  • private [public] affairs私[公]事
  • an affair of honor决斗(=duel)
  • an affair of the heart恋爱事件;韵事
  • He is busy dealing with the affairs state.他忙着处理国务。

• ③[通常伴有形容词]【口】(一般的)事情;对象;东西(=thing)
  • a laborious affair一件费力的事
  • This desk is a badly made affair.这张书桌是一件粗制品。

• ④[用复数形]状况,情势
  • current affairs时事,时局(★一般用 current events)
  • the state of affairs事态,形势
  • in a pretty state of affairs在困境中

• ⑤ (与非配偶之某人的一段)恋情,韵事(=love affair)
  • He is having an affair with his secretary.他跟他的秘书有恋情[暧昧关系]。