affairs

英 [əˈfeəz]

美 [əˈferz]

n.  公共事务; 政治事务; 事件; 事情; (尤指已婚男女的)私通，风流韵事
affair的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 事情；事件
  If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it asthe affair.
  1. The government has mishandled the whole affair...
     政府对整个事件处理不当。
  2. 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。
  3. 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”。
• N-SING …事件（指重要或有趣的事件或情况）
  You can refer to an important or interesting event or situation as 'the...affair'.
  1. ...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
  2. ...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
• N-SING …事（指具有某种特点的事情）
  You can describe the main quality of an event by saying that it is a particular kind ofaffair.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-SING （不寻常的或具有某种特点的）东西
  You can describe an object as a particular kind ofaffairwhen you want to draw attention to a particular feature, or indicate that it is unusual.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• See also:She was having an affair with someone at work.love affair
• See also:He does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of another country...With more details, here's our foreign affairs correspondent.current affairsstate of affairs
• N-PLURAL 私事；个人事务
  Youraffairsare all the matters connected with your life which you consider to be private and normally deal with yourself.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-SING （不容别人干涉的）事务
  If you say that a decision or situation is someone'saffair, you mean that it is their responsibility, and other people should not interfere.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• transactions of professional or public interest
  1. news of current affairs
  2. great affairs of state
• matters of personal concern
  1. get his affairs in order
  Synonym:personal businesspersonal matters

双语例句

• The parliament described the decree as interference in the republic's internal affairs
  议会形容此法令为对共和国内政的干涉。
• This state of affairs cannot continue for too long, if parliament is to recover
  如果议会想要恢复常态的话，这种状态就不会持续太久。
• He is inclined to meddle in other people's affairs.
  他总喜欢干涉别人的事。
• The court declared him incompetent to manage his financial affairs
  法庭宣布他不具备管理自己财务的能力。
• I am ill-informed on current affairs.
  我对时事了解不多。
• In a brief statement, he concentrated entirely on international affairs
  他作了一个简短的声明，集中阐述了在国际事务方面的立场。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.
  婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
• The state of affairs must not be allowed to continue.
  不能让这种状况延续下去。
• Inspectors were appointed to inquire into the affairs of the company.
  督查员受委派调查该公司的事务。
• Both countries agreed that normal relations would be based on non-interference in each other's internal affairs.
  两国一致同意正常邦交关系应建立在互不干涉内政的基础之上。