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affair
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural affairs
plural affairs
Learner's definition of AFFAIR
1
affairs [plural] : work or activities done for a purpose : commercial, professional, public, or personal business（商业机构、专业机构、公共或个人的）事务，活动
- The group conducts its affairs [=business] in private.这个组织暗地里开展活动。
- We were told to arrange/settle our affairs. = We were told to put our affairs in order.我们被告知要把我们自己的事安排有序。
- handling/managing someone else's affairs处理他人的事务
- They seem to be quite pleased with the current/present state of affairs. [=situation]他们似乎对目前的形势很满意。
- She's the company's director of public affairs. [=the person who manages a company's relationship with the public]她是公司的公共事务部主管。
- She's an expert in foreign affairs. [=events and activities that involve foreign countries]她是一名外事专家。
- world/international affairs [=events and activities that involve different nations]国际事务
- After the war, the government focused on its own domestic affairs.战后，政府集中精力处理本国的国内事务。
- They accused the U.S. of interfering in the internal affairs of other nations.他们谴责美国政府干涉别国内政。
2
[count] : a matter that concerns or involves someone（与某人有关的）事
- This has nothing to do with you. It's not your affair. [=business, concern] = It's none of your affair. [=business]这事与你无关。别多管闲事。
- How I choose to live is my affair, not yours.选择如何生活是我的私事，与你无关。
3
[count] : a secret sexual relationship between two people : love affair（男女之间的）私通，风流韵事，暧昧关系 — often used in the phrase have an affair常用于短语have an affair — often + with
- adulterous/extramarital affairs between married men and single women已婚男子与单身女子的私通/婚外恋
- She divorced her husband after she discovered that he was having an affair.她发现丈夫有外遇之后就和他离婚了。
- She had an affair with a coworker.她与一名同事有过一段风流韵事。
4
[count]
a : a social event or activity社交活动；喜庆事
- He wants to make their wedding day an affair to remember. [=a special event]他想让他们的婚礼这一天成为值得纪念的日子。
- a simple/elaborate affair简单的/复杂的事情
- We were invited to a black-tie affair [=a party in which men wear tuxedos and women wear fancy dresses] at the governor's mansion.我们应邀参加了在总督府举办的正式晚宴。
b : an event or series of events that usually involves well-known people（涉及名人的）事件 — often used with proper names常与专有名词连用
- the famous hostage affair of the late 1970s*20世纪70年代末那场著名的人质事件
- The public has shown little interest in the whole affair.公众对整个事件显得不甚关心。
- the Iran-Contra affair [=scandal]伊朗门事件
5
[count] informal : something made or produced : an object or thing（做成的）东西；物件
- The only bridge across the river was a flimsy affair of ropes and rotten wood.河上唯一的一座桥只不过是用绳子和烂木头拼凑出的简易过河通道。
3
or less commonly affaire
a
: a romantic or passionate attachment typically of limited duration : liaison sense 2b
b
: a matter occasioning public anxiety, controversy, or scandal : case
Synonyms
Example Sentences
After the war, the government focused on its own domestic affairs. They accused the U.S. of interfering in the internal affairs of other nations. How I choose to live is my affair, not yours. adulterous affairs between married men and single women
Recent Examples on the Web Playing a big role in the affair is live entertainment. 
John Benson, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2022 At the time of his wife’s murder, Dawson was involved in an extramarital affair with the 16-year-old babysitter of their two daughters, ages 2 and 4 at the time, according to a 2003 court proceeding called an inquest. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022 Gotti was allegedly in an extramarital affair with the artist. Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022 After marrying in an intimate Las Vegas affair last month, the newlyweds celebrated their nuptials during a weekend of festivities with family and friends at their home in Riceboro, Georgia, on the Hampton Island preserve outside of Savannah. Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022 Kartheiser’s ad executive, Pete Campbell, engaged in an affair with Bledel’s Beth Dawes. Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 That action comedy, starring Cruise as an in-over-his-head pilot who ends up involved in the Iran Contra affair, is a good film with a tremendous old-school Cruise star turn that earned ‘just’ $135 million on a $50 million budget in 2017. Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Elon Musk engaged in a brief affair last fall with the wife of Sergey Brin, prompting the Google co-founder to file for divorce earlier this year and ending the tech billionaires’ long friendship, according to people familiar with the matter. WSJ, 25 July 2022 Pete famously ran over catcher Ray Fosse in the 1970 affair, and of course was hit with flak. Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2022 See More
John Benson, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2022 At the time of his wife’s murder, Dawson was involved in an extramarital affair with the 16-year-old babysitter of their two daughters, ages 2 and 4 at the time, according to a 2003 court proceeding called an inquest. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022 Gotti was allegedly in an extramarital affair with the artist. Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022 After marrying in an intimate Las Vegas affair last month, the newlyweds celebrated their nuptials during a weekend of festivities with family and friends at their home in Riceboro, Georgia, on the Hampton Island preserve outside of Savannah. Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022 Kartheiser’s ad executive, Pete Campbell, engaged in an affair with Bledel’s Beth Dawes. Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 That action comedy, starring Cruise as an in-over-his-head pilot who ends up involved in the Iran Contra affair, is a good film with a tremendous old-school Cruise star turn that earned ‘just’ $135 million on a $50 million budget in 2017. Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Elon Musk engaged in a brief affair last fall with the wife of Sergey Brin, prompting the Google co-founder to file for divorce earlier this year and ending the tech billionaires’ long friendship, according to people familiar with the matter. WSJ, 25 July 2022 Pete famously ran over catcher Ray Fosse in the 1970 affair, and of course was hit with flak. Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English aferes "activities," affaire "enterprise," borrowed from Anglo-French afaire, affere "business, activity, enterprise, matter, topic, situation," from the phrase a faire "to do," from a "to" (going back to Latin ad) + faire "to do," going back to Latin facere — more at at entry 1, do entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of affair was in the 14th century Phrases Containing affair
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