Affair
[ ə'fɛr ]
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n. 事情，事件;事务;个人的事，私事;风流韵事;
💡 词根助记
af加强+fair=fact做→事务；私事；风流韵事
📝 例句
Everyone who was concerned in the affair regrets it very much.
参与此事的人对此都深感遗憾。
His second marriage had turned out a cool affair.
他第二次结婚却是淡墨山水。
It was the first big affair of the autumn.
这是当年秋天的第一件大事。
How are your affairs going?
你的情况怎么样?
I have a lot to say in relation to that affair.
关于那件事我有好多话要说。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ affair-事情,fair-公平:做事情要公平
※ unfair-不公平,affair-事情:不公平的事情
※ af-拼音“阿福”,fair-公平的:阿福处理的事情很公平
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
ad-在f前变为af-
表示“在；使；向”
📖 牛津释义
ffair
n
1 [sing] thing (to be) done; concern; matter 事; 事务; 事情
It's not my affair, ie I am not interested in or responsible for it. 那不是我的事.
2 affairs [pl]
(a) personal business matters 个人的业务
put one's affairs in order 料理自己的业务.
(b) matters of public interest 公共的事务
current/foreign/world affairs 时事[外交事务/世界事务]
affairs of state 国事; 国务; 政务.
3 [C esp sing 尤作单数]
(a) event; happening 事件; 事情
We must try to forget this sad affair. 我们要尽量把这件难过的事忘掉.
The press exaggerated the whole affair wildly. 新闻报道肆意夸大了整个事件.
(b) event or series of events connected with a particular person, thing or place 与某人, 某物或某地有关的事件
the Suez affair 苏伊士事件.
(c) organized social event 有组织的社交活动
The wedding was a very grand affair. 那婚礼是件盛事.
4 [C] (infml 口) (following an adj 用於形容词之後) thing described in a specified way （具体描述的）东西, 物件
Her hat was an amazing affair of ribbons and feathers. 她那顶帽子是个有丝带和羽毛的绝妙物件.
5 [C] sexual relationship between people who are not married to each other 与配偶以外的人发生的性关系
She's having an affair with her boss. 她和老板有暧昧关系.
6 (idm 习语) a state of affairs => state.
🎯 考研助记
af(=to)+fair(集市):反复不断地去集市- 事务多
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'fєә]n. 事件, 事务, 恋爱事件
🏥 医学释义
①事情，事件 ②业务，事务
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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Let me confirm your name and room number.
我需要确定一下您的姓名和房间号码。
Are you John's brother?
你是约翰的兄弟吗？
It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions.
好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。