affair
- n.事件;事情;公共事务;政治事务;(尤指已婚男女的)私通，风流韵事;个人的事;私人业务;不寻常之物
复数： affairs
af- 朝,向,去 + -fair 做;制作
affairnoun
公共 / 政治活动 public/political activities
公共事务；政治事务
events that are of public interest or political importance
world/international/business affairs
世界 / 国际 / 商业事务
an expert on foreign affairs (= political events in other countries)
外事专家
affairs of state
国务
事件 event
事件；事情
an event that people are talking about or describing in a particular way
The newspapers exaggerated the whole affair wildly.
报章毫无根据地夸大了整个事件。
The debate was a pretty disappointing affair.
那次辩论使人颇感失望。
She wanted the celebration to be a simple family affair .
她希望庆祝活动仅限于家人参加。
关系 relationship
（尤指已婚男女的）私通，风流韵事
a sexual relationship between two people, usually when one or both of them is married to sb else
She is having an affair with her boss.
她跟老板有暧昧关系。
私人业务 private business
私人业务
matters connected with a person's private business and financial situation
I looked after my father's financial affairs.
我照管父亲的财务。
She wanted to put her affairs in order before she died.
她想在去世前把自己的事务安排妥当。
个人的事
a thing that sb is responsible for (and that other people should not be concerned with)
How I spend my money is my affair.
我如何用钱是我自己的事。
物品 object
不寻常之物；难描述的东西
an object that is unusual or difficult to describe
Her hat was an amazing affair with feathers and a huge brim.
她的帽子嵌着羽毛，帽檐很宽，真是件奇物。
a situation
再不能无视这种情况了。
This state of affairs can no longer be ignored.
affair
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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 .The government has mishandled the whole affair...
政府对整个事件处理不当。
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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'....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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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 .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。
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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.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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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.She was having an affair with someone at work.
她跟某一同事有染。
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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.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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N-PLURAL 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.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。
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N-SING （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.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。
noun
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- a vaguely specified concern
- several matters to attend to
- it is none of your affair
- things are going well
- Synonym: matter thing
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- a vaguely specified social event
- the party was quite an affair
- an occasion arranged to honor the president
- a seemingly endless round of social functions
- Synonym: occasion social occasion function social function
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- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- Synonym: affaire intimacy liaison involvement amour
数据来源：WordNet
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On the Strategies for Establishing Fiscal Input System for Public Paroxysmal Affair
建立突发性公共事务财政投入体系的对策研究
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The base of tax is the national public affair function . including the service function and management function .
税收的根据是国家的公共事务职能，具体包括服务职能和管理职能。
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I must arrange my financial affairs and make a will .
我必须把我的财务安排好，并立下遗嘱。
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I must put my affairs in order .
我必须整理整理我的事务。
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She wanted to put her affairs in order before she died .
她想在去世前把自己的事务安排妥当。
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An independent body has been set up to investigate the affair .
已成立了一个独立机构调查这件事。
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Our results should be a good approximation to the true state of affairs .
我们的结果应该和实际情况相当接近。
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This region continues to occupy centre stage in world affairs .
这个地区继续在国际舞台上占主导地位。
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They resent foreign interference in the internal affairs of their country .
他们憎恶对他们国家内政的外来干涉。
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How did this unhappy state of affairs come about ?
这种不幸的情况是怎么发生的呢？
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I looked after my father 's financial affairs .
我照管父亲的财务。
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Don 't tell me how to manage my affairs .
用不着你来告诉我怎样管我自己的事。
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She wanted the celebration to be a simple family affair .
她希望庆祝活动仅限于家人参加。
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His financial affairs were in complete disorder .
他的财务完全是一笔糊涂账。
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This state of affairs lasted without intermission for a hundred years .
这种局面从未间断地持续了一百年。
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He had to settle his affairs in Paris before he could return home .
他得把他在巴黎的事情料理好才能回家。
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He was always very discreet about his love affairs .
他对两性关系一贯谨小慎微。
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Evidently , she had nothing to do with the whole affair .
据说，她与整件事情毫无关系。
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Their love affair was played out against the backdrop of war .
他们在战争的背景下发生恋情。
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Unfortunately , I don 't think we 've heard the last of this affair .
遗憾的是，我认为这件事还没有了结。
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She refused to answer questions that infringed on her private affairs .
她拒绝回答侵犯她隐私的问题。
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It was common gossip that they were having an affair .
大家议论纷纷说他们之间关系暧昧。
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His confession involved a number of other politicians in the affair .
他的自白供出其他一些政治人物也涉及此事。
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News of his affair eventually reached her ears .
他的绯闻终于传到她耳朵里。
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He was completely unaware of the whole affair .
他对整件事情一无所知。
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He had no right to meddle in her affairs .
他无权干涉她的事情。
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He denied all knowledge of the affair .
他否认知道此事。
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This was another example of press intrusion into the affairs of the royals .
这是新闻界侵扰王室成员私事的又一实例。
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The government had blundered in its handling of the affair .
政府在这件事的处理上犯了大错。
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The whole affair is still shrouded in secrecy .
整个事件依旧秘而不宣。
通常指关乎利益、命运等的紧要事务，必须予以考虑或解决。
This is a serious matter that you need to concentrate on.
这件事很严重，你需要集中精力解决。
This is a matter for the manager to decide.
这是该由经理决定的事。
指令人印象深刻的重大事件或具有某种特点的不寻常之事。
Who first reported the Watergate affair?
谁最先报道了水门事件？
The wedding was a very grand affair.
婚礼场面非常隆重。
指需要完成或讨论的重要事务，也指归某人管的事或某人持有某种看法的事情。
Let's get down to the unfinished business.
我们来处理尚未了结的事务吧。
My family life is my personal business.
我的家庭生活是我的私事。
He regarded homework as serious business.
他把作业当作重要的事。
指关系到某人切身利益、引起其关注或担忧的重要事情。
What is a mother's main concern?
当妈妈的最关心什么？
How to control inflation has become a major concern for consumers.
如何控制通货膨胀已成为消费者关注的重要问题。
普通用词，词义最为广泛，可指任何事实、事件、情况、行为等。
That strange thing worried him a lot.
那件奇怪的事情让他十分不安。
The first thing to do is to improve their working conditions.
首要的事是改善他们的工作环境。
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