1 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 as the affair . 事情;事件
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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。
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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”。
SYN matter, thing, business, question
2 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'. …事件(指重要或有趣的事件或情况) [mainly journalism]
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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
3 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 of affair . …事(指具有某种特点的事情)
SYN occasion, happening, experience, event
4 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 of affair when you want to draw attention to a particular feature, or indicate that it is unusual. (不寻常的或具有某种特点的)东西
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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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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。
5 N-COUNT 风流韵事;私通 If two people who are not married to each other have an affair, they have a sexual relationship. 风流韵事;私通
7 N-PLURAL (关于某个主题所有的)事务 You can use affairs to refer to all the important facts or activities that are connected with a particular subject. (关于某个主题所有的)事务
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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。
8See also:current affairs state of affairs
9 N-PLURAL [usually poss NOUN] 私事;个人事务 Your affairs are all the matters connected with your life which you consider to be private and normally deal with yourself. 私事;个人事务
10 N-SING [poss NOUN] (不容别人干涉的)事务 If you say that a decision or situation is someone's affair, you mean that it is their responsibility, and other people should not interfere. (不容别人干涉的)事务
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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。
SYN concern, problem, business, matter
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