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af·fair AHD[ə-fârʹ] D.J.[əˈfeə]K.K.[əˈfɛr]n.(名词)- Something done or to be done; business.事情:已做或要做的事情;事件
- affairs Transactions and other matters of professional or public business: affairs 事务:业务和其他职业上的事情或公事:affairs of state.国事
- An occurrence, an event, or a matter:事变,大事,事件:The senator's death was a tragic affair.参议员之死是个悲剧
- A social function.社会作用
- An object or a contrivance:东西,物件:物品或发明物:Their first car was a ramshackle affair.他们的第一辆车破烂不堪
- A matter of personal concern.个人的事:与个人有关的事
- affairs Personal business: affairs 私事:get one's affairs in order.处理好个人事务
- A matter causing public scandal and controversy:社会轶闻:引起大众丑闻及争议的事件:the Dreyfus affair.德雷福斯丑闻
- A romantic and sexual relationship, sometimes one of brief duration, between two people who are not married to each other.风流韵事,绯闻:两个没有婚姻关系的人之间浪漫的和性的关系,有时是短暂的
- Middle English affaire 中古英语 affaire
- from Old French afaire 源自 古法语 afaire
- from a faire [to do] 源自 a faire [做]
- a [to] from Latin ad * see ad- a [向] 源自 拉丁语 ad * 参见 ad-
- faire [to do] from facere * see dhē- faire [做] 源自 facere * 参见 dhē-
affair, business, concern, lookout- The central meaning shared by these nouns is "something that involves one personally": 这些名词所共有的中心意思为“有关个人的事情”: I won't comment on that; it's not my affair.我不能评论那件事;它不关我的事。That's none of your business.这不关你的事。Mind your own concerns.别多管闲事。It's your lookout to see that your application is filed on time. 你应注意去看看你的申请是否准时归档
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