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. 政府错误地处理了整个事件。

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. …水门事件过后对中情局和美国联帮调查局造成的损害。

3. N-SING You can describe the main quality of an event by saying that it is a particular kind of affair. (某种性质的) 事

Michael said that his planned 10-day visit would be a purely private affair. 迈克尔说他计划的10天的访问将是一件纯粹私事。

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

Married male supervisors were carrying on affairs with female subordinates in the office. 已婚男上司和办公室里的女下级在搞不正当关系。

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. (有关某话题的) 事务

He does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of another country. 他不想干涉他国的内部事务。

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. (个人的) 事情

The unexpectedness of my father's death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order. 我父亲的意外过世意味着他的个人事情不是完全有序。