英汉词典

affair 基本解释

• n. 事情；事务；私事；（尤指关系不长久的）风流韵事

affair 词态变化

affair 中文词源

前缀af-同ad-, 去，往。-fair, 词根fact的法语变体。

affair 英文词源

affair

affair: [13] Like ado, and of course to-do, affair originally meant literally ‘to do’. It was coined in Old French from the phrase à faire ‘to do’, and entered English via Anglo-Norman afere. The spelling affair was established by Caxton, who based it on the French model. The specific sense of a ‘love affair’ dates from the early 18th century.
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affair (n.)

c. 1300, "what one has to do," from Anglo-French afere, Old French afaire "business, event; rank, estate" (12c., Modern French affaire), from the infinitive phrase à faire "to do," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + facere "to do, make" (see factitious).

A Northern word originally, brought into general use and given a French spelling by Caxton (15c.). General sense of "vague proceedings" (in romance, war, etc.) first attested 1702. Meaning "an affair of the heart; a passionate episode" is from French affaire de coeur (itself attested in English from 1809); to have an affair with someone in this sense is by 1726, earlier have an affair of love:

'Tis manifeſtly contrary to the Law of Nature, that one Woman ſhould cohabit or have an Affair of Love with more than one Man at the ſame time. ["Pufendorf's Law of Nature and Nations," transl. J. Spavan, London, 1716]

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Thus, in our dialect, a vicious man is a man of pleasure, a sharper is one that plays the whole game, a lady is said to have an affair, a gentleman to be a gallant, a rogue in business to be one that knows the world. By this means, we have no such things as sots, debauchees, whores, rogues, or the like, in the beau monde, who may enjoy their vices without incurring disagreeable appellations. [George Berkeley, "Alciphron or the Minute Philosopher," 1732]

affair 英文释义

1. a vaguely specified concern;

"several matters to attend to"

"it is none of your affair"

"things are going well"

2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

3. a vaguely specified social event;

"the party was quite an affair"

"an occasion arranged to honor the president"

"a seemingly endless round of social functions"

affair 同义词解析

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。

affair 双语例句

1. He will now face a disciplinary hearing for having an affair.

他因有外遇而要面临纪律听证会的裁决。

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2. "This ain't no affair of yours, boy!" McClosky said threateningly.

“小子，这不关你的事！”麦克洛斯基威胁道。

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3. He claims he was made the fall guy for the affair.

他声称自己是这起事件的替罪羊。

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4. The government ordered an independent inquiry into the affair.

政府下令对该事件进行独立调查。

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5. The industry minister described the affair as "an absolute scandal".

工业部长将此事件形容为“绝对的丑闻”。

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affair 实用场景例句

I looked after my father's financial affairs.

我照管父亲的财务。

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She wanted to put her affairs in order before she died.

她想在去世前把自己的事务安排妥当。

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How I spend my money is my affair.

我如何用钱是我自己的事。

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Her hat was an amazing affair with feathers and a huge brim.

她的帽子嵌着羽毛，帽檐很宽，真是件奇物。

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world/international/business affairs

世界 / 国际 / 商业事务

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an expert on foreign affairs (= political events in other countries)

外事专家

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affairs of state

国务

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The newspapers exaggerated the whole affair wildly.

报章毫无根据地夸大了整个事件。

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The debate was a pretty disappointing affair.

那次辩论使人颇感失望。

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She wanted the celebration to be a simple family affair .

她希望庆祝活动仅限于家人参加。

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She is having an affair with her boss.

她跟老板有暧昧关系。

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He tried dividing it into two bundles, tying them to his walking stick, and slinging the whole affair across his back.

他试着将它分成两包绑在他的拐棍上，然后把所有东西都挂在后背上。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She was having an affair with someone at work.

她跟某一同事有染。

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He does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of another country...

他不想干涉别国内政。

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With more details, here's our foreign affairs correspondent.

详细情况，请听我们外交事务记者的报道。

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He was rational and consistent in the conduct of his affairs...

他处理私事时头脑清楚，始终如一。

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The unexpectedness of my father's death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order.

家父的猝然离世留下了尚未完全安排妥当的身后事。

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If you wish to make a fool of yourself, that is your affair...

如果你想让自己出丑，那是你自己的事。

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If they want to stay and fight, then I guess that's their affair.

如果他们想留下来打架，我想那是他们自己的事。

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Breakfast will be a cheerless affair for the Prime Minister this morning.

今天的早餐会让首相感觉全然无味。

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All their beds were distinctive; Mac's was an iron affair with brass knobs...

他们的床都各具特色；马克的床是张带球形黄铜柱头的铁家伙。

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...the damage caused to the CIA and FBI in the aftermath of the Watergate affair.

水门事件发生后给美国中央情报局和联邦调查局造成的不良影响

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...confidential Bank of England documents relating to the BCCI affair.

与国际信贷商业银行事务相关的英格兰银行的机密文件

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Michael said that his planned 10-day visit would be a purely private affair...

迈克尔说他所计划的10天访问纯属个人私事。

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The government has mishandled the whole affair...

政府对整个事件处理不当。

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The affair began when customs officials inspected a convoy of 60 tankers...

就在海关关员检查一个60艘油轮的船队时，事情发生了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Reading and writing are important skills.

读和写是重要的技能.

辞典例句

He's denied having an affair with secretary but of course there's no smoke without fire.

他不承认他和他的秘书有染,但是无风不起浪啊.

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