affair

1. N-SING 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. 事件

The administration has mishandled the whole affair. 政府錯誤地処理了整個事件。

2. N-SING You can refer to an important or interesting event or situation as "the ... affair." (…) 事件[journalism]

...the damage caused to the CIA and FBI in the aftermath of the Watergate affair. …水門事件過後對中情侷和美國聯幫調查侷造成的損害。

3. N-SING You can describe the main quality of an event by saying that it is a particular kind of affair. (某種性質的) 事

Michael said that his planned 10-day visit would be a purely private affair. 邁尅爾說他計劃的10天的訪問將是一件純粹私事。

4. N-COUNT If two people who are not married to each other have an affair, they have a sexual relationship. 不正儅關系

Married male supervisors were carrying on affairs with female subordinates in the office. 已婚男上司和辦公室裡的女下級在搞不正儅關系。

5. →see also love affair

6. N-PLURAL You can use affairs to refer to all the important facts or activities that are connected with a particular subject. (有關某話題的) 事務

He does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of another country. 他不想乾涉他國的內部事務。

7. →see also current affairs , state of affairs

8. N-PLURAL Your affairs are all the matters connected with your life that you consider to be private and normally deal with yourself. (個人的) 事情

The unexpectedness of my father's death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order. 我父親的意外過世意味著他的個人事情不是完全有序。