affairs

英 [əˈfeəz]

美 [əˈferz]

n.  公共事务; 政治事务; 事件; 事情; (尤指已婚男女的)私通，风流韵事
affair的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• 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 asthe affair.
  1. The government has mishandled the whole affair...
     政府对整个事件处理不当。
  2. The affair began when customs officials inspected a convoy of 60 tankers...
     就在海关关员检查一个60艘油轮的船队时，事情发生了。
  3. The industry minister described the affair as 'an absolute scandal'.
     工业部长将此事件形容为“绝对的丑闻”。
• 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'.
  1. ...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
  2. ...confidential Bank of England documents relating to the BCCI affair.
     与国际信贷商业银行事务相关的英格兰银行的机密文件
• 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 ofaffair.
  1. 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。
  2. Breakfast will be a cheerless affair for the Prime Minister this morning.
     今天的早餐会让首相感觉全然无味。
• 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 ofaffairwhen you want to draw attention to a particular feature, or indicate that it is unusual.
  1. 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。
  2. He tried dividing it into two bundles, tying them to his walking stick, and slinging the whole affair across his back.
     他试着将它分成两包绑在他的拐棍上，然后把所有东西都挂在后背上。
• See also:She was having an affair with someone at work.love affair
• See also:He does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of another country...With more details, here's our foreign affairs correspondent.current affairsstate of affairs
• N-PLURAL 私事；个人事务
  Youraffairsare all the matters connected with your life which you consider to be private and normally deal with yourself.
  1. 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。
  2. The unexpectedness of my father's death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order.
     家父的猝然离世留下了尚未完全安排妥当的身后事。
• N-SING （不容别人干涉的）事务
  If you say that a decision or situation is someone'saffair, you mean that it is their responsibility, and other people should not interfere.
  1. 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。
  2. If they want to stay and fight, then I guess that's their affair.
     如果他们想留下来打架，我想那是他们自己的事。

英英释义

noun

• transactions of professional or public interest
  1. news of current affairs
  2. great affairs of state
• matters of personal concern
  1. get his affairs in order
  Synonym:personal businesspersonal matters

双语例句

• The French Minister of Foreign Affairs is the equal of American Secretary of State.
  法国的外交部长相当于美国的国务卿。
• One or two powers should not have the final say on world affairs.
  世界上的事不应该由一两个国家说了算。
• The state of affairs must not be allowed to continue.
  不能让这种状况延续下去。
• Our British Affairs correspondent reports on how the three contenders reacted to the news of the resignation.
  我们的“英国国内事务”记者报道了3名竞争者对辞职消息的反应。
• I will manage all my affairs myself in my own from this day on.
  我从今以后要按自己的意思来处理我的一切事务。
• The people of New China all have a say in the affairs of their state.
  新中国的人民对国家大事都有发言权。
• The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs responded that the protection of refugees was a matter for an international organization
  比利时外交大臣回应说，保护难民是国际组织的事情。
• The fact Liberia has no oil seems to explain foreign disinterest in its internal affairs
  利比里亚没有石油，这一事实似乎解释了为什么外部势力无意过问其内政。
• Inspectors were appointed to inquire into the affairs of the company.
  督查员受委派调查该公司的事务。
• The management of local affairs should dovetail regional interests with those of the country as a whole.
  地方事务的管理应该使地方利益和国家的整体利益相吻合。