单词 | affair |
释义 | af·fair 1. a. affairs plural < the Federal Republic agrees to conduct its affairs in conformity with the principles stated in the charter — Current History > < a well-known man of affairs > b. < religion is also an affair of the imaginative life — Roger Fry > < they don't want to get mixed up in it because it isn't their affair — Brad Sebstad > 2. a. < an affair of honor > < one of the most brilliant social affairs of the season > < public life had become so discreditable an affair — F.M.Ford > < the whole affair from start to finish did not occupy more than thirty seconds — S.H.Holbrook > < if he knew anything about rain, this was going to be an all-day affair — Hamilton Basso > — sometimes used in plural < an attempt to end this sad state of affairs > b. also af·faire < a series of affairs before her marriage > c. or affaire < the Doe affair > < the affair Roeville > d. < a black-and-white checked wool affair with a double collar — Lois Long > < the orchestra has arrived, no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones — Scott Fitzgerald > |
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