Definition of affair in English:

affair

noun əˈfɛːəˈfɛr

1An event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to.
（某种特定的或先前提及的）事件；一系列事件
the board admitted responsibility for the affair
委员会承认对该事负责。
I wanted the funeral to be a family affair
我希望葬礼只是自家的事情。
Example sentencesExamples
- Hitler's growing involvement in the details of economic life matched an increasing intervention in military affairs.
- Make planning the menu, shopping for groceries and cooking the meal a family affair.
- Why would one go to them for reporting of world affairs and events when much better reporting is available via the internet?
- The revolution in military affairs refers to this new form of information-based warfare.
- They were just looking to unseat the Republicans like the whole affair was a sporting event.
- For the actor-activist then, the festival this year is something of a family affair.
- The true revolution in military affairs is the social revolution of the modern information age.
- But in my experience, political and economic affairs tend to be a lot more complex than that.
- We must grow it ourselves, through civil society and participation in social and political affairs - not through military force.
- The competition tends to be very much a family affair, with a barbecue and refreshments throughout the day.
- It is celebrated by Chinese all over the world as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving.
- Today, this group's militant and social affairs function is to bring an Islamic government to Egypt.
- A revolution in military affairs suggests a fundamental change in all aspects of warfare.
- Make breakfast a family affair most mornings if possible - or as close to it as you can.
- In truth, the revolution in military affairs debate remains unsatisfying.
- The clash between the two parties over economic affairs led to the eventual breakdown of the coalition.
- The fact the dispute was a family affair partly explains the eventual union victory.
- He said the enthusiasm surrounding the event warranted making the event an annual affair.
- But after the McLeish affair, no matter is too trivial to be taken seriously.
- Martin also took a keen and active interest in political affairs and events happening around the country.
Synonyms
event, incident, happening, occurrence, phenomenon, eventuality, episode, interlude, circumstance, set of circumstances, adventure, experience, case, matter, business, thing
proceedings
1. 1.1 A matter that is a particular person's concern or responsibility.
  个人的事
  what you do in your spare time is your affair
  你闲暇时做什么是你自己的事。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was never so concerned with the affairs of my life.
  Let's stay out of affairs that don't concern us.
  Does it ever feel strange to Jane that Slotnick's so involved in her intimate affairs?
  As in all matters concerning the affairs of Muslims our guide is the Qur'ân.
  She is more likely to be concerned with the affairs of her constituents rather than the egos of her peers.
  And therefore, we have to be concerned with the affairs of Eurasia.
  Such groups must register and identify a person or people responsible for managing their affairs.
  She went from running errands to running his life, convincing him that she should manage his affairs and business matters.
  As Empress, my affairs are concerned with the domestic well-being of our people.
  He led the two to the sidelines, knowing they need not air their private affairs in the middle of the ballroom.
  We all need to realise that religion should be a private affair and a matter of belief.
  A hallmark of the eighteenth-century is the poet's concern with the affairs of the Gaelic nobility.
  Synonyms
  business, concern, matter, responsibility, province, preserve, interest
  problem, worry, lookout
  informal pigeon, funeral, headache, baby, bailiwick
2. 1.2affairs Matters of public interest and importance.
  公共事务
  commissions were created to advise on foreign affairs
  成立委员会咨询外交事务。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The assistant vice chancellor for public affairs said the dispute was not a free speech issue.
  Huang's interests also extend to public affairs.
  The ties go way back and undergird the entire neocon movement and its traditional concern with Israeli affairs.
  That reporter had misheard the British Embassy public affairs officer - the telephone lines are so poor.
  They were not allowed to participate directly in political affairs or take on church roles.
  Instead of allowing himself to dwell on his condition, he's devoted himself to public service and veteran affairs.
  Besides farming and fun, the clan's big interest was politics - they all felt an interest in public affairs was a duty.
  His interest in public affairs, especially in social questions, was keener.
  In Texas, the land commissioner is actually responsible for veterans affairs.
  Cultural services, foreign affairs, and transportation receive only one to three per cent of the total budget.
  Our interest in international affairs continues unabated.
  All interviews had to be monitored by military public affairs escorts.
  The nationwide campaign is advising women to visit their local home affairs office.
  Interest in Irish affairs continued throughout the 1880s, although the issue switched from land reform.
  He said the ministries of transport and home affairs will be meeting to work out the details.
  Working back from the 1997 defeat, he held Cabinet posts in foreign affairs, defence, transport and Scotland.
  According to the public affairs officer, the embassy is waiting for a bill from the municipality.
  Moreover, she can't use her identity document as home affairs told her the number was being investigated.
  Harrison is renowned for his independent voice and impassioned commentary on public affairs.
  He enjoyed a passion for collecting art and an interest in public affairs.
3. 1.3affairs Business and financial dealings.
  商务和金融交易
  his time was spent in winding up his affairs
  他的时间都用在料理停当生意上了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You are blessed with a youthful outlook and dynamism to manage business or financial affairs successfully today.
  We have no business to be involved in our patients' financial affairs and it is not appropriate to become involved.
  She had to produce a statement of affairs, which detailed she had debts of £321,325.
  And they're taking care of their financial affairs here in the states.
  He complained that he could not sort out his private and financial affairs because he had to spend too much time in the middle.
  Is he the victim of a smear campaign that has targeted his his financial affairs?
  But on what basis does a government excuse its meddling into the private financial affairs of its citizens?
  A revenue audit is an investigation into the financial affairs of a business and its owners.
  You can be aggressive when you need to resolve business and financial affairs.
  Once his tax affairs came into the public domain, he resigned from the party.
  Instead, the Supreme Council of the Judiciary should take charge of all judges' budgetary and financial affairs.
  These are just a few of the changes that could affect the way you handle your financial and business affairs.
  He was suspended in October 2002 pending the financial management of the financial affairs of the company.
  It had been closed some months back after the organization intervened in the business's financial affairs.
  He ordered a more detailed investigation of the Italian's financial affairs.
  The tangled financial affairs of the company are still being unravelled.
  Countries such as Switzerland offer clients confidentiality which allows them to keep their business affairs private.
  The application of mathematics to trade and financial affairs is as old as mathematics itself.
  I never talk about clients' financial affairs.
  I wouldn't disclose that, that's part of our financial affairs.
  Synonyms
  transactions, concerns, matters, activities, dealings, undertakings, ventures, proceedings
  business, field, sphere
  informal goings-on, doings
2A love affair.
风流韵事，私通
his wife is having an affair
他妻子正在婚外恋。
Example sentencesExamples
- She was having an affair with a girl but then tried to have a relationship with a guy.
- As well, different extramarital affairs demand different strategies on the part of the spouse or others.
- Besides domestic violence, she said cases involved extramarital affairs.
- Some researchers have made attempts to explain how and why online relationships and affairs occur.
- He admitted to five different affairs and countless visits to massage parlors for ‘full-body’ massages.
- Let these affairs of the heart and mind remain as dangerous/delightful footnotes to a brilliant life-in-progress.
- Many women failed to view infidelity as a sign of disrespect as long as the affairs remained ‘hidden.’
- This is a weird one because it is not a traditional relationship, it is an affair.
- Consequently, extramarital affairs constitute a significant problem for many couples.
- With regard to online relationships and affairs, the Internet presents a potential new dynamic in couple relationships.
- Your spouse will view the affair or affairs as entitlement.
- Swingers often point to the high rates of clandestine extra-marital affairs when discussing this issue.
- This is why extramarital affairs are so damaging.
- Middle ages men who take up running subsequently have affairs.
- The marriage has to be consummated before an extramarital affair becomes adultery.
- After all, affairs have to be with someone you know.
- At least one patient developed an obsession with pornography and engaged in extramarital affairs.
- I think that the initial giddy passion that begins many affairs is a relatively superficial and insignificant thing.
- Other than a few torrid one night affairs, I was never serious with anyone else.
- Married women are expected to remain completely monogamous while accepting their husbands' extramarital sexual affairs.
Synonyms
relationship, love affair, romance, fling, flirtation, dalliance, liaison, entanglement, romantic entanglement, involvement, attachment, affair of the heart, intrigue
relations
French affaire, affaire de/du cœur, amour
informal hanky-panky
British informal carry-on
3informal with adjective An object of a particular type.
〈非正式〉物件，东西
her dress was a black low-cut affair
她的礼服是黑色低胸的。
Example sentencesExamples
- His London gigs are particularly riotous affairs, I remark, and am rewarded with a proper beaming smile.
- His early albums were scratchy affairs, recorded using just a boombox with a cheap built-in microphone.
- Convention itself took less than ninety minutes to complete, and it really was a low key affair throughout.
- This parade was reported to be a lively and energetic affair, containing a record number of floats.
- The final promised to be a quality affair and as matters unfolded it proved to be one of pace versus pace.
- This one is a white-stucco, Spanish mission-style affair in a residential quarter of Nashville.
- Compare her wig in photographs to the somewhat inferior affair atop her head this evening.
- Whereas amateur websites used to be flat, static affairs, hobbyist designers can now make a site sing.
- Thus an issue of great concern for national security has been made into a partisan affair.
- The first half was a rather dull affair lit up with three goals but with little else to recommend it.
- In the meantime, the game settled into a contrary, niggly affair.
- The shirt was a sleeveless affair, worn open, with pockets all over the front.
- The restaurant is the best; an old-fashioned wood-and-leather affair with a horseshoe bar.
- The awning, a huge tunnel tent affair, has remained in its storage space under the seat.
- The back light, a scratched grey plastic affair which had come with the bike, was less satisfying.
- What a feeble excuse for a song that is, a classic non-quorate affair covering three notes throughout.
- It will be a tense and tight affair with a single goal probably enough to seal a place in the semi final.
- It was a panoramic, large windowed affair, on the seventh floor of the hotel, and we had a window seat.
- An Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem is not a particularly spectacular affair.
- All in all, a trip to Italy at anytime in your life will never be a no strings attached affair.

Phrases

put one's affairs in order

Ensure that one's financial and legal arrangements are properly organized, especially in preparation for one's death.
before he died he put his affairs in order and updated his will
Example sentencesExamples
- Put your affairs in order, settle some scores and have one last party.
- And so he put his affairs in order, and went around to all his friends and bade them good-bye, and sailed in the leper ship to Molokai.
- Phelps sent his wife and family ahead of him to Philadelphia and he remained briefly in Stratford to put his affairs in order.
- The rest of the day was spent putting his affairs in order.
- She stoically continues the dance, then puts her affairs in order and dies, a pattern of dignified sincerity.
- Participants in the program will not be detained and will be given up to 90 days in which to put their affairs in order.
- But Dr Pena said there was no evidence that she had been putting her affairs in order in advance of a suicide.
- Yet he was so convinced he would be convicted and jailed, he had "put his affairs in order" before the trial began.
- He returns briefly to Ireland to put his affairs in order, and Kate's enraged mother pushes him over the cliffs to his death.
- In 1940, worried by his own bad health, Salaman put his affairs in order.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French afaire, from à faire 'to do'; compare with ado.

This is from Old French à faire ‘to do’. The history of the English word ado is parallel to that of affair. It comes from Old Norse at and do. This parallel between at do and to do can be seen in the sense that ‘fuss’ is apparent in the phrases without more ado and what a to do!

Rhymes

affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah

Definition of affair in US English:

affair

nounəˈferəˈfɛr

1An event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to.
（某种特定的或先前提及的）事件；一系列事件
the board admitted responsibility for the affair
委员会承认对该事负责。
I wanted the funeral to be a family affair
我希望葬礼只是自家的事情。
Example sentencesExamples
- They were just looking to unseat the Republicans like the whole affair was a sporting event.
- For the actor-activist then, the festival this year is something of a family affair.
- In truth, the revolution in military affairs debate remains unsatisfying.
- Why would one go to them for reporting of world affairs and events when much better reporting is available via the internet?
- The clash between the two parties over economic affairs led to the eventual breakdown of the coalition.
- A revolution in military affairs suggests a fundamental change in all aspects of warfare.
- The revolution in military affairs refers to this new form of information-based warfare.
- The fact the dispute was a family affair partly explains the eventual union victory.
- The true revolution in military affairs is the social revolution of the modern information age.
- Make planning the menu, shopping for groceries and cooking the meal a family affair.
- But in my experience, political and economic affairs tend to be a lot more complex than that.
- It is celebrated by Chinese all over the world as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving.
- Hitler's growing involvement in the details of economic life matched an increasing intervention in military affairs.
- The competition tends to be very much a family affair, with a barbecue and refreshments throughout the day.
- Make breakfast a family affair most mornings if possible - or as close to it as you can.
- We must grow it ourselves, through civil society and participation in social and political affairs - not through military force.
- Martin also took a keen and active interest in political affairs and events happening around the country.
- He said the enthusiasm surrounding the event warranted making the event an annual affair.
- Today, this group's militant and social affairs function is to bring an Islamic government to Egypt.
- But after the McLeish affair, no matter is too trivial to be taken seriously.
Synonyms
event, incident, happening, occurrence, phenomenon, eventuality, episode, interlude, circumstance, set of circumstances, adventure, experience, case, matter, business, thing
1. 1.1 A matter that is a particular person's concern or responsibility.
  个人的事
  what you do in your spare time is your affair
  你闲暇时做什么是你自己的事。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Such groups must register and identify a person or people responsible for managing their affairs.
  She went from running errands to running his life, convincing him that she should manage his affairs and business matters.
  As in all matters concerning the affairs of Muslims our guide is the Qur'ân.
  He was never so concerned with the affairs of my life.
  He led the two to the sidelines, knowing they need not air their private affairs in the middle of the ballroom.
  A hallmark of the eighteenth-century is the poet's concern with the affairs of the Gaelic nobility.
  We all need to realise that religion should be a private affair and a matter of belief.
  And therefore, we have to be concerned with the affairs of Eurasia.
  She is more likely to be concerned with the affairs of her constituents rather than the egos of her peers.
  As Empress, my affairs are concerned with the domestic well-being of our people.
  Let's stay out of affairs that don't concern us.
  Does it ever feel strange to Jane that Slotnick's so involved in her intimate affairs?
  Synonyms
  business, concern, matter, responsibility, province, preserve, interest
2. 1.2affairs Matters of public interest and importance.
  公共事务
  commissions were created to advise on foreign affairs
  成立委员会咨询外交事务。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Huang's interests also extend to public affairs.
  He enjoyed a passion for collecting art and an interest in public affairs.
  Our interest in international affairs continues unabated.
  Interest in Irish affairs continued throughout the 1880s, although the issue switched from land reform.
  Working back from the 1997 defeat, he held Cabinet posts in foreign affairs, defence, transport and Scotland.
  That reporter had misheard the British Embassy public affairs officer - the telephone lines are so poor.
  Cultural services, foreign affairs, and transportation receive only one to three per cent of the total budget.
  He said the ministries of transport and home affairs will be meeting to work out the details.
  His interest in public affairs, especially in social questions, was keener.
  The ties go way back and undergird the entire neocon movement and its traditional concern with Israeli affairs.
  In Texas, the land commissioner is actually responsible for veterans affairs.
  Instead of allowing himself to dwell on his condition, he's devoted himself to public service and veteran affairs.
  The assistant vice chancellor for public affairs said the dispute was not a free speech issue.
  They were not allowed to participate directly in political affairs or take on church roles.
  Moreover, she can't use her identity document as home affairs told her the number was being investigated.
  The nationwide campaign is advising women to visit their local home affairs office.
  According to the public affairs officer, the embassy is waiting for a bill from the municipality.
  Besides farming and fun, the clan's big interest was politics - they all felt an interest in public affairs was a duty.
  Harrison is renowned for his independent voice and impassioned commentary on public affairs.
  All interviews had to be monitored by military public affairs escorts.
3. 1.3affairs Business and financial dealings.
  商务和金融交易
  his time was spent in winding up his affairs
  他的时间都用在料理停当生意上了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We have no business to be involved in our patients' financial affairs and it is not appropriate to become involved.
  The application of mathematics to trade and financial affairs is as old as mathematics itself.
  Is he the victim of a smear campaign that has targeted his his financial affairs?
  He ordered a more detailed investigation of the Italian's financial affairs.
  A revenue audit is an investigation into the financial affairs of a business and its owners.
  But on what basis does a government excuse its meddling into the private financial affairs of its citizens?
  She had to produce a statement of affairs, which detailed she had debts of £321,325.
  You can be aggressive when you need to resolve business and financial affairs.
  And they're taking care of their financial affairs here in the states.
  Once his tax affairs came into the public domain, he resigned from the party.
  You are blessed with a youthful outlook and dynamism to manage business or financial affairs successfully today.
  I never talk about clients' financial affairs.
  I wouldn't disclose that, that's part of our financial affairs.
  Instead, the Supreme Council of the Judiciary should take charge of all judges' budgetary and financial affairs.
  It had been closed some months back after the organization intervened in the business's financial affairs.
  These are just a few of the changes that could affect the way you handle your financial and business affairs.
  He complained that he could not sort out his private and financial affairs because he had to spend too much time in the middle.
  Countries such as Switzerland offer clients confidentiality which allows them to keep their business affairs private.
  He was suspended in October 2002 pending the financial management of the financial affairs of the company.
  The tangled financial affairs of the company are still being unravelled.
  Synonyms
  transactions, concerns, matters, activities, dealings, undertakings, ventures, proceedings
2A love affair.
风流韵事，私通
his wife is having an affair
他妻子正在婚外恋。
Example sentencesExamples
- With regard to online relationships and affairs, the Internet presents a potential new dynamic in couple relationships.
- Married women are expected to remain completely monogamous while accepting their husbands' extramarital sexual affairs.
- I think that the initial giddy passion that begins many affairs is a relatively superficial and insignificant thing.
- He admitted to five different affairs and countless visits to massage parlors for ‘full-body’ massages.
- Besides domestic violence, she said cases involved extramarital affairs.
- Let these affairs of the heart and mind remain as dangerous/delightful footnotes to a brilliant life-in-progress.
- As well, different extramarital affairs demand different strategies on the part of the spouse or others.
- Swingers often point to the high rates of clandestine extra-marital affairs when discussing this issue.
- Many women failed to view infidelity as a sign of disrespect as long as the affairs remained ‘hidden.’
- The marriage has to be consummated before an extramarital affair becomes adultery.
- She was having an affair with a girl but then tried to have a relationship with a guy.
- Other than a few torrid one night affairs, I was never serious with anyone else.
- Consequently, extramarital affairs constitute a significant problem for many couples.
- This is a weird one because it is not a traditional relationship, it is an affair.
- This is why extramarital affairs are so damaging.
- At least one patient developed an obsession with pornography and engaged in extramarital affairs.
- After all, affairs have to be with someone you know.
- Your spouse will view the affair or affairs as entitlement.
- Middle ages men who take up running subsequently have affairs.
- Some researchers have made attempts to explain how and why online relationships and affairs occur.
Synonyms
relationship, love affair, romance, fling, flirtation, dalliance, liaison, entanglement, romantic entanglement, involvement, attachment, affair of the heart, intrigue
3informal with adjective An object of a particular type.
〈非正式〉物件，东西
her dress was a black low-cut affair
她的礼服是黑色低胸的。
Example sentencesExamples
- The restaurant is the best; an old-fashioned wood-and-leather affair with a horseshoe bar.
- All in all, a trip to Italy at anytime in your life will never be a no strings attached affair.
- His early albums were scratchy affairs, recorded using just a boombox with a cheap built-in microphone.
- Thus an issue of great concern for national security has been made into a partisan affair.
- The awning, a huge tunnel tent affair, has remained in its storage space under the seat.
- The final promised to be a quality affair and as matters unfolded it proved to be one of pace versus pace.
- In the meantime, the game settled into a contrary, niggly affair.
- An Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem is not a particularly spectacular affair.
- The first half was a rather dull affair lit up with three goals but with little else to recommend it.
- His London gigs are particularly riotous affairs, I remark, and am rewarded with a proper beaming smile.
- This one is a white-stucco, Spanish mission-style affair in a residential quarter of Nashville.
- Convention itself took less than ninety minutes to complete, and it really was a low key affair throughout.
- Whereas amateur websites used to be flat, static affairs, hobbyist designers can now make a site sing.
- It was a panoramic, large windowed affair, on the seventh floor of the hotel, and we had a window seat.
- This parade was reported to be a lively and energetic affair, containing a record number of floats.
- It will be a tense and tight affair with a single goal probably enough to seal a place in the semi final.
- The shirt was a sleeveless affair, worn open, with pockets all over the front.
- The back light, a scratched grey plastic affair which had come with the bike, was less satisfying.
- What a feeble excuse for a song that is, a classic non-quorate affair covering three notes throughout.
- Compare her wig in photographs to the somewhat inferior affair atop her head this evening.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French afaire, from à faire ‘to do’; compare with ado.

单词	affair
释义	Definition of affair in English: affair noun əˈfɛːəˈfɛr 1An event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to. （某种特定的或先前提及的）事件；一系列事件 the board admitted responsibility for the affair 委员会承认对该事负责。 I wanted the funeral to be a family affair 我希望葬礼只是自家的事情。 Example sentencesExamples Hitler's growing involvement in the details of economic life matched an increasing intervention in military affairs. Make planning the menu, shopping for groceries and cooking the meal a family affair. Why would one go to them for reporting of world affairs and events when much better reporting is available via the internet? The revolution in military affairs refers to this new form of information-based warfare. They were just looking to unseat the Republicans like the whole affair was a sporting event. For the actor-activist then, the festival this year is something of a family affair. The true revolution in military affairs is the social revolution of the modern information age. But in my experience, political and economic affairs tend to be a lot more complex than that. We must grow it ourselves, through civil society and participation in social and political affairs - not through military force. The competition tends to be very much a family affair, with a barbecue and refreshments throughout the day. It is celebrated by Chinese all over the world as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. Today, this group's militant and social affairs function is to bring an Islamic government to Egypt. A revolution in military affairs suggests a fundamental change in all aspects of warfare. Make breakfast a family affair most mornings if possible - or as close to it as you can. In truth, the revolution in military affairs debate remains unsatisfying. The clash between the two parties over economic affairs led to the eventual breakdown of the coalition. The fact the dispute was a family affair partly explains the eventual union victory. He said the enthusiasm surrounding the event warranted making the event an annual affair. But after the McLeish affair, no matter is too trivial to be taken seriously. Martin also took a keen and active interest in political affairs and events happening around the country. Synonyms event, incident, happening, occurrence, phenomenon, eventuality, episode, interlude, circumstance, set of circumstances, adventure, experience, case, matter, business, thing proceedings 1.1 A matter that is a particular person's concern or responsibility. 个人的事 what you do in your spare time is your affair 你闲暇时做什么是你自己的事。 Example sentencesExamples He was never so concerned with the affairs of my life. Let's stay out of affairs that don't concern us. Does it ever feel strange to Jane that Slotnick's so involved in her intimate affairs? As in all matters concerning the affairs of Muslims our guide is the Qur'ân. She is more likely to be concerned with the affairs of her constituents rather than the egos of her peers. And therefore, we have to be concerned with the affairs of Eurasia. Such groups must register and identify a person or people responsible for managing their affairs. She went from running errands to running his life, convincing him that she should manage his affairs and business matters. As Empress, my affairs are concerned with the domestic well-being of our people. He led the two to the sidelines, knowing they need not air their private affairs in the middle of the ballroom. We all need to realise that religion should be a private affair and a matter of belief. A hallmark of the eighteenth-century is the poet's concern with the affairs of the Gaelic nobility. Synonyms business, concern, matter, responsibility, province, preserve, interest problem, worry, lookout informal pigeon, funeral, headache, baby, bailiwick 1.2affairs Matters of public interest and importance. 公共事务 commissions were created to advise on foreign affairs 成立委员会咨询外交事务。 Example sentencesExamples The assistant vice chancellor for public affairs said the dispute was not a free speech issue. Huang's interests also extend to public affairs. The ties go way back and undergird the entire neocon movement and its traditional concern with Israeli affairs. That reporter had misheard the British Embassy public affairs officer - the telephone lines are so poor. They were not allowed to participate directly in political affairs or take on church roles. Instead of allowing himself to dwell on his condition, he's devoted himself to public service and veteran affairs. Besides farming and fun, the clan's big interest was politics - they all felt an interest in public affairs was a duty. His interest in public affairs, especially in social questions, was keener. In Texas, the land commissioner is actually responsible for veterans affairs. Cultural services, foreign affairs, and transportation receive only one to three per cent of the total budget. Our interest in international affairs continues unabated. All interviews had to be monitored by military public affairs escorts. The nationwide campaign is advising women to visit their local home affairs office. Interest in Irish affairs continued throughout the 1880s, although the issue switched from land reform. He said the ministries of transport and home affairs will be meeting to work out the details. Working back from the 1997 defeat, he held Cabinet posts in foreign affairs, defence, transport and Scotland. According to the public affairs officer, the embassy is waiting for a bill from the municipality. Moreover, she can't use her identity document as home affairs told her the number was being investigated. Harrison is renowned for his independent voice and impassioned commentary on public affairs. He enjoyed a passion for collecting art and an interest in public affairs. 1.3affairs Business and financial dealings. 商务和金融交易 his time was spent in winding up his affairs 他的时间都用在料理停当生意上了。 Example sentencesExamples You are blessed with a youthful outlook and dynamism to manage business or financial affairs successfully today. We have no business to be involved in our patients' financial affairs and it is not appropriate to become involved. She had to produce a statement of affairs, which detailed she had debts of £321,325. And they're taking care of their financial affairs here in the states. He complained that he could not sort out his private and financial affairs because he had to spend too much time in the middle. Is he the victim of a smear campaign that has targeted his his financial affairs? But on what basis does a government excuse its meddling into the private financial affairs of its citizens? A revenue audit is an investigation into the financial affairs of a business and its owners. You can be aggressive when you need to resolve business and financial affairs. Once his tax affairs came into the public domain, he resigned from the party. Instead, the Supreme Council of the Judiciary should take charge of all judges' budgetary and financial affairs. These are just a few of the changes that could affect the way you handle your financial and business affairs. He was suspended in October 2002 pending the financial management of the financial affairs of the company. It had been closed some months back after the organization intervened in the business's financial affairs. He ordered a more detailed investigation of the Italian's financial affairs. The tangled financial affairs of the company are still being unravelled. Countries such as Switzerland offer clients confidentiality which allows them to keep their business affairs private. The application of mathematics to trade and financial affairs is as old as mathematics itself. I never talk about clients' financial affairs. I wouldn't disclose that, that's part of our financial affairs. Synonyms transactions, concerns, matters, activities, dealings, undertakings, ventures, proceedings business, field, sphere informal goings-on, doings 2A love affair. 风流韵事，私通 his wife is having an affair 他妻子正在婚外恋。 Example sentencesExamples She was having an affair with a girl but then tried to have a relationship with a guy. As well, different extramarital affairs demand different strategies on the part of the spouse or others. Besides domestic violence, she said cases involved extramarital affairs. Some researchers have made attempts to explain how and why online relationships and affairs occur. He admitted to five different affairs and countless visits to massage parlors for ‘full-body’ massages. Let these affairs of the heart and mind remain as dangerous/delightful footnotes to a brilliant life-in-progress. Many women failed to view infidelity as a sign of disrespect as long as the affairs remained ‘hidden.’ This is a weird one because it is not a traditional relationship, it is an affair. Consequently, extramarital affairs constitute a significant problem for many couples. With regard to online relationships and affairs, the Internet presents a potential new dynamic in couple relationships. Your spouse will view the affair or affairs as entitlement. Swingers often point to the high rates of clandestine extra-marital affairs when discussing this issue. This is why extramarital affairs are so damaging. Middle ages men who take up running subsequently have affairs. The marriage has to be consummated before an extramarital affair becomes adultery. After all, affairs have to be with someone you know. At least one patient developed an obsession with pornography and engaged in extramarital affairs. I think that the initial giddy passion that begins many affairs is a relatively superficial and insignificant thing. Other than a few torrid one night affairs, I was never serious with anyone else. Married women are expected to remain completely monogamous while accepting their husbands' extramarital sexual affairs. Synonyms relationship, love affair, romance, fling, flirtation, dalliance, liaison, entanglement, romantic entanglement, involvement, attachment, affair of the heart, intrigue relations French affaire, affaire de/du cœur, amour informal hanky-panky British informal carry-on 3informal with adjective An object of a particular type. 〈非正式〉物件，东西 her dress was a black low-cut affair 她的礼服是黑色低胸的。 Example sentencesExamples His London gigs are particularly riotous affairs, I remark, and am rewarded with a proper beaming smile. His early albums were scratchy affairs, recorded using just a boombox with a cheap built-in microphone. Convention itself took less than ninety minutes to complete, and it really was a low key affair throughout. This parade was reported to be a lively and energetic affair, containing a record number of floats. The final promised to be a quality affair and as matters unfolded it proved to be one of pace versus pace. This one is a white-stucco, Spanish mission-style affair in a residential quarter of Nashville. Compare her wig in photographs to the somewhat inferior affair atop her head this evening. Whereas amateur websites used to be flat, static affairs, hobbyist designers can now make a site sing. Thus an issue of great concern for national security has been made into a partisan affair. The first half was a rather dull affair lit up with three goals but with little else to recommend it. In the meantime, the game settled into a contrary, niggly affair. The shirt was a sleeveless affair, worn open, with pockets all over the front. The restaurant is the best; an old-fashioned wood-and-leather affair with a horseshoe bar. The awning, a huge tunnel tent affair, has remained in its storage space under the seat. The back light, a scratched grey plastic affair which had come with the bike, was less satisfying. What a feeble excuse for a song that is, a classic non-quorate affair covering three notes throughout. It will be a tense and tight affair with a single goal probably enough to seal a place in the semi final. It was a panoramic, large windowed affair, on the seventh floor of the hotel, and we had a window seat. An Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem is not a particularly spectacular affair. All in all, a trip to Italy at anytime in your life will never be a no strings attached affair. Phrases put one's affairs in order Ensure that one's financial and legal arrangements are properly organized, especially in preparation for one's death. before he died he put his affairs in order and updated his will Example sentencesExamples Put your affairs in order, settle some scores and have one last party. And so he put his affairs in order, and went around to all his friends and bade them good-bye, and sailed in the leper ship to Molokai. Phelps sent his wife and family ahead of him to Philadelphia and he remained briefly in Stratford to put his affairs in order. The rest of the day was spent putting his affairs in order. She stoically continues the dance, then puts her affairs in order and dies, a pattern of dignified sincerity. Participants in the program will not be detained and will be given up to 90 days in which to put their affairs in order. But Dr Pena said there was no evidence that she had been putting her affairs in order in advance of a suicide. Yet he was so convinced he would be convicted and jailed, he had "put his affairs in order" before the trial began. He returns briefly to Ireland to put his affairs in order, and Kate's enraged mother pushes him over the cliffs to his death. In 1940, worried by his own bad health, Salaman put his affairs in order. Origin Middle English: from Old French afaire, from à faire 'to do'; compare with ado. This is from Old French à faire ‘to do’. The history of the English word ado is parallel to that of affair. It comes from Old Norse at and do. This parallel between at do and to do can be seen in the sense that ‘fuss’ is apparent in the phrases without more ado and what a to do! Rhymes affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah noun.1 phr. Definition of affair in US English: affair nounəˈferəˈfɛr 1An event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to. （某种特定的或先前提及的）事件；一系列事件 the board admitted responsibility for the affair 委员会承认对该事负责。 I wanted the funeral to be a family affair 我希望葬礼只是自家的事情。 Example sentencesExamples They were just looking to unseat the Republicans like the whole affair was a sporting event. For the actor-activist then, the festival this year is something of a family affair. In truth, the revolution in military affairs debate remains unsatisfying. Why would one go to them for reporting of world affairs and events when much better reporting is available via the internet? The clash between the two parties over economic affairs led to the eventual breakdown of the coalition. A revolution in military affairs suggests a fundamental change in all aspects of warfare. The revolution in military affairs refers to this new form of information-based warfare. The fact the dispute was a family affair partly explains the eventual union victory. The true revolution in military affairs is the social revolution of the modern information age. Make planning the menu, shopping for groceries and cooking the meal a family affair. But in my experience, political and economic affairs tend to be a lot more complex than that. It is celebrated by Chinese all over the world as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. Hitler's growing involvement in the details of economic life matched an increasing intervention in military affairs. The competition tends to be very much a family affair, with a barbecue and refreshments throughout the day. Make breakfast a family affair most mornings if possible - or as close to it as you can. We must grow it ourselves, through civil society and participation in social and political affairs - not through military force. Martin also took a keen and active interest in political affairs and events happening around the country. He said the enthusiasm surrounding the event warranted making the event an annual affair. Today, this group's militant and social affairs function is to bring an Islamic government to Egypt. But after the McLeish affair, no matter is too trivial to be taken seriously. Synonyms event, incident, happening, occurrence, phenomenon, eventuality, episode, interlude, circumstance, set of circumstances, adventure, experience, case, matter, business, thing 1.1 A matter that is a particular person's concern or responsibility. 个人的事 what you do in your spare time is your affair 你闲暇时做什么是你自己的事。 Example sentencesExamples Such groups must register and identify a person or people responsible for managing their affairs. She went from running errands to running his life, convincing him that she should manage his affairs and business matters. As in all matters concerning the affairs of Muslims our guide is the Qur'ân. He was never so concerned with the affairs of my life. He led the two to the sidelines, knowing they need not air their private affairs in the middle of the ballroom. A hallmark of the eighteenth-century is the poet's concern with the affairs of the Gaelic nobility. We all need to realise that religion should be a private affair and a matter of belief. And therefore, we have to be concerned with the affairs of Eurasia. She is more likely to be concerned with the affairs of her constituents rather than the egos of her peers. As Empress, my affairs are concerned with the domestic well-being of our people. Let's stay out of affairs that don't concern us. Does it ever feel strange to Jane that Slotnick's so involved in her intimate affairs? Synonyms business, concern, matter, responsibility, province, preserve, interest 1.2affairs Matters of public interest and importance. 公共事务 commissions were created to advise on foreign affairs 成立委员会咨询外交事务。 Example sentencesExamples Huang's interests also extend to public affairs. He enjoyed a passion for collecting art and an interest in public affairs. Our interest in international affairs continues unabated. Interest in Irish affairs continued throughout the 1880s, although the issue switched from land reform. Working back from the 1997 defeat, he held Cabinet posts in foreign affairs, defence, transport and Scotland. That reporter had misheard the British Embassy public affairs officer - the telephone lines are so poor. Cultural services, foreign affairs, and transportation receive only one to three per cent of the total budget. He said the ministries of transport and home affairs will be meeting to work out the details. His interest in public affairs, especially in social questions, was keener. The ties go way back and undergird the entire neocon movement and its traditional concern with Israeli affairs. In Texas, the land commissioner is actually responsible for veterans affairs. Instead of allowing himself to dwell on his condition, he's devoted himself to public service and veteran affairs. The assistant vice chancellor for public affairs said the dispute was not a free speech issue. They were not allowed to participate directly in political affairs or take on church roles. Moreover, she can't use her identity document as home affairs told her the number was being investigated. The nationwide campaign is advising women to visit their local home affairs office. According to the public affairs officer, the embassy is waiting for a bill from the municipality. Besides farming and fun, the clan's big interest was politics - they all felt an interest in public affairs was a duty. Harrison is renowned for his independent voice and impassioned commentary on public affairs. All interviews had to be monitored by military public affairs escorts. 1.3affairs Business and financial dealings. 商务和金融交易 his time was spent in winding up his affairs 他的时间都用在料理停当生意上了。 Example sentencesExamples We have no business to be involved in our patients' financial affairs and it is not appropriate to become involved. The application of mathematics to trade and financial affairs is as old as mathematics itself. Is he the victim of a smear campaign that has targeted his his financial affairs? He ordered a more detailed investigation of the Italian's financial affairs. A revenue audit is an investigation into the financial affairs of a business and its owners. But on what basis does a government excuse its meddling into the private financial affairs of its citizens? She had to produce a statement of affairs, which detailed she had debts of £321,325. You can be aggressive when you need to resolve business and financial affairs. And they're taking care of their financial affairs here in the states. Once his tax affairs came into the public domain, he resigned from the party. You are blessed with a youthful outlook and dynamism to manage business or financial affairs successfully today. I never talk about clients' financial affairs. I wouldn't disclose that, that's part of our financial affairs. Instead, the Supreme Council of the Judiciary should take charge of all judges' budgetary and financial affairs. It had been closed some months back after the organization intervened in the business's financial affairs. These are just a few of the changes that could affect the way you handle your financial and business affairs. He complained that he could not sort out his private and financial affairs because he had to spend too much time in the middle. Countries such as Switzerland offer clients confidentiality which allows them to keep their business affairs private. He was suspended in October 2002 pending the financial management of the financial affairs of the company. The tangled financial affairs of the company are still being unravelled. Synonyms transactions, concerns, matters, activities, dealings, undertakings, ventures, proceedings 2A love affair. 风流韵事，私通 his wife is having an affair 他妻子正在婚外恋。 Example sentencesExamples With regard to online relationships and affairs, the Internet presents a potential new dynamic in couple relationships. Married women are expected to remain completely monogamous while accepting their husbands' extramarital sexual affairs. I think that the initial giddy passion that begins many affairs is a relatively superficial and insignificant thing. He admitted to five different affairs and countless visits to massage parlors for ‘full-body’ massages. Besides domestic violence, she said cases involved extramarital affairs. Let these affairs of the heart and mind remain as dangerous/delightful footnotes to a brilliant life-in-progress. As well, different extramarital affairs demand different strategies on the part of the spouse or others. Swingers often point to the high rates of clandestine extra-marital affairs when discussing this issue. Many women failed to view infidelity as a sign of disrespect as long as the affairs remained ‘hidden.’ The marriage has to be consummated before an extramarital affair becomes adultery. She was having an affair with a girl but then tried to have a relationship with a guy. Other than a few torrid one night affairs, I was never serious with anyone else. Consequently, extramarital affairs constitute a significant problem for many couples. This is a weird one because it is not a traditional relationship, it is an affair. This is why extramarital affairs are so damaging. At least one patient developed an obsession with pornography and engaged in extramarital affairs. After all, affairs have to be with someone you know. Your spouse will view the affair or affairs as entitlement. Middle ages men who take up running subsequently have affairs. Some researchers have made attempts to explain how and why online relationships and affairs occur. Synonyms relationship, love affair, romance, fling, flirtation, dalliance, liaison, entanglement, romantic entanglement, involvement, attachment, affair of the heart, intrigue 3informal with adjective An object of a particular type. 〈非正式〉物件，东西 her dress was a black low-cut affair 她的礼服是黑色低胸的。 Example sentencesExamples The restaurant is the best; an old-fashioned wood-and-leather affair with a horseshoe bar. All in all, a trip to Italy at anytime in your life will never be a no strings attached affair. His early albums were scratchy affairs, recorded using just a boombox with a cheap built-in microphone. Thus an issue of great concern for national security has been made into a partisan affair. The awning, a huge tunnel tent affair, has remained in its storage space under the seat. The final promised to be a quality affair and as matters unfolded it proved to be one of pace versus pace. In the meantime, the game settled into a contrary, niggly affair. An Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem is not a particularly spectacular affair. The first half was a rather dull affair lit up with three goals but with little else to recommend it. His London gigs are particularly riotous affairs, I remark, and am rewarded with a proper beaming smile. This one is a white-stucco, Spanish mission-style affair in a residential quarter of Nashville. Convention itself took less than ninety minutes to complete, and it really was a low key affair throughout. Whereas amateur websites used to be flat, static affairs, hobbyist designers can now make a site sing. It was a panoramic, large windowed affair, on the seventh floor of the hotel, and we had a window seat. This parade was reported to be a lively and energetic affair, containing a record number of floats. It will be a tense and tight affair with a single goal probably enough to seal a place in the semi final. The shirt was a sleeveless affair, worn open, with pockets all over the front. The back light, a scratched grey plastic affair which had come with the bike, was less satisfying. What a feeble excuse for a song that is, a classic non-quorate affair covering three notes throughout. Compare her wig in photographs to the somewhat inferior affair atop her head this evening. Origin Middle English: from Old French afaire, from à faire ‘to do’; compare with ado.
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