affair
n. 事務,私事; 事件; 東西; 風流韻事
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...
政府對整個事件處理不當。
The affair began when customs officials inspected a convoy of 60 tankers...
就在海關關員檢查一個60艘油輪的船隊時,事情發生了。
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.
水門事件發生後給美國中央情報局和聯邦調查局造成的不良影響
...confidential Bank of England documents relating to the BCCI affair.
與國際信貸商業銀行事務相關的英格蘭銀行的機密檔案
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...
邁克爾說他所計劃的10天訪問純屬個人私事。
Breakfast will be a cheerless affair for the Prime Minister this morning.
今天的早餐會讓首相感覺全然無味。
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...
他們的床都各具特色;馬克的床是張帶球形黃銅柱頭的鐵傢伙。
He tried dividing it into two bundles, tying them to his walking stick, and slinging the whole affair across his back.
他試著將它分成兩包綁在他的柺棍上,然後把所有東西都掛在後背上。
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。
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...
他不想幹涉別國內政。
With more details, here's our foreign affairs correspondent.
詳細情況,請聽我們外交事務記者的報道。
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...
他處理私事時頭腦清楚,始終如一。
The unexpectedness of my father's death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order.
家父的猝然離世留下了尚未完全安排妥當的身後事。
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...
如果你想讓自己出醜,那是你自己的事。
If they want to stay and fight, then I guess that's their affair.
如果他們想留下來打架,我想那是他們自己的事。
1. a vaguely specified concern;
2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
3. a vaguely specified social event;
affair, business, matter, concern, thing
這些名詞均含"事情"之意。
He's denied having an affair with secretary but of course there's no smoke without fire.
他不承認他和他的秘書有染,但是無風不起浪啊.
The affair awoke them from the false belief.
這件事使他們從迷信中清醒過來.
He has a hand in the affair.
這事他也沾了手.
The exhibition will be a big affair.
這次展出將是一個盛舉.
This affair will be pinned on one of us if we are not careful.
如果我們不謹慎的話,這件事的責任會落在我們其中一個人的身上.