affair
noun[C]
uk/əˈfeər/us/əˈfer/affairnoun[C](MATTER)
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asituationorsubjectthat is beingdealtwith orconsidered:
事务；事情Sheorganizesherfinancialaffairs veryefficiently.她把自己的财务处理得井井有条、又快又好。
He's alwaysmeddlingin(=tryingtoinfluence)other people's affairs.他总想插手别人的事情。
What I do in mysparetimeis my affair(= onlyinvolvesme).我在业余时间做什么，这是我自己的事。
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amatterorsituationthatcausesstrongpublicfeeling, usually ofmoraldisapproval:
（通常指在道德上被谴责的）事件The arms-dealing affair hasseverelydamagedthereputationof thegovernment.武器交易事件严重损害了政府的声誉。
The president'shandlingof the affair has beencriticized.总统对这一事件的处理遭到了抨击。
- Thewholeaffair does notreflectwell on thegovernment.
- As aleader, he's beencriticizedfor hisinexperienceinforeignaffairs.
- He put his affairs inorderbefore he went intohospital.
- I've never been verymoney-minded- Ileaveall mybusinessaffairs to myfinancialadviser.
- Thedirectorhas come in for a lot ofcriticismover hishandlingof the affair.
Topics & areas of interest
- angle
- backyard
- bailiwick
- cause célèbre
- centrism
- con
- demesne
- domain
- front
- kingdom
- leitmotiv
- province
- scene
- score
- specialism
- subject
- talk
- thematic
- theme
- topically
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Situations and circumstances
affairnoun[C](RELATIONSHIP)
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asexualrelationship,especiallyasecretone:
（尤指秘密的）性关系；私通；风流韵事She'shavingan affair with amarriedman.她和一个有妇之夫私通。
Thebookdoesn't make anymentionof hisloveaffairs.这本书没有提及他的种种风流韵事。
anextramaritalaffair婚外恋
- Shediscovered(that) herhusbandwas having an affair.
- They have beenratherindiscreetabouttheiraffair.
- It's anopensecretaround theofficethat they're having an affair.
- Theirloveaffairbeganagainst abackdropofwar.
- Shehiredaprivatedetectivetofindout if herhusbandwas having an affair.
Relationships: infidelity
- adulterer
- adulterous
- adultery
- bigamous
- bigamously
- bit
- extramarital
- faithless
- faithlessly
- faithlessness
- fool
- mess
- on the sideidiom
- play around
- roam
- screw
- screw around
- side
- step
- wander
affairnoun[C](EVENT)
anevent:
活动，经历Thepartyturnedout to be aquietaffair.结果聚会办得冷冷清清。
Events and occurrences
- -athon
- back story
- be (all) part of life's rich tapestry/pageantidiom
- benefit
- binge
- brush
- car wash
- curveball
- date night
- edition
- epiphenomenon
- episode
- near miss
- occasion
- occurrence
- past
- proceedings
- reoccurrence
- saga
- thing
affairnoun[C](THING)
old-fashioned
anobjectof thetypestated:
（某类的）东西Sheworealongblackvelvetaffair.她身穿一件那种黑色天鹅绒的长裙。
Objects - general words
- Americana
- artefact
- blank
- column
- conversation piece
- curio
- entity
- ephemera
- extrusion
- forensics
- gewgaw
- non-abstract
- object
- phenomenon
- piece
- shape
- snow globe
- such and such
- tchotchke
- thing