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| 1 | affairs plural events and activities relating to the government , politics , economy etc of a country , region , or the world （与一国、地区或世界的政治、经济等有关的）事务 |
| a public affairs consultant 公共事务顾问 |
| a social/regional/international affairs correspondent 社会/地区/国际事务记者 |
| The new president is seen to be unreliable on foreign affairs. 新总统被认为在外交事务上是不可信赖的。 |
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| 2 | affairs plural things relating to your personal life , for example what is happening within your family or your financial situation 个人的事情；私事 |
| We are friends, but I don’ t know much about their private affairs. 我们是朋友，但我不大了解他们的私事。 |
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| 3 | C usually singular something that happens, especially something shocking , in public or political life （尤指公众生活或政治生活中令人震惊的）事件 |
| Several government ministers resigned because of the affair. 几位政府部长因为这一事件而辞职。 |
| The president’ s popularity remained largely unaffected by the whole affair. 总统的支持率基本上并未因整个事件而受到影响。 |
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| 4 | C a sexual relationship between two people , especially when one of them is married to someone else 风流韵事；（尤指）婚外情 |
| have an affair Her husband denied that he was having an affair. 她的丈夫否认自己有婚外情。 |
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| 5 | C used for talking about an event , situation etc 事情 |
| The party was a rather dull affair. 这个聚会是件非常无聊的事情。 |
| a family affair The film is very much a family affair – all her brothers are in the cast. 这部电影很像全家福，她所有的兄弟都在演员表里。 |
| | 5a | used for talking about what an object looks like （像…一样的）东西 | | Her dress was a long silky affair. 她的裙子长长的，有丝绸般的感觉。 | |
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| - | be sb’ s affair
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| used for saying that something is relevant or private to one person only , and other people do not have the right to make comments about it or get involved in it |
| 是某人的私事（别人无权说三道四） |
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| A teacher’ s private life is her own affair. 教师的私生活是她自己的私事。 |
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| - | put your affairs in order
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| to organize the things relating to your personal life , for example your financial situation , especially so that there will not be any difficulties after you die |
| 把个人的事情处理好（尤指以便去世后不会有麻烦） |
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| See also | | - state of affairs | |
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