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单词 affair
释义 af·fair
\əˈfa(a)(ə)r, -e(ə)r, -a(a)ə, -eə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English & Middle French; Middle English afere, affaire, from Middle French, from a faire to do, from a to (from Latin ad) + faire to do, from Latin facere — more at at, do
1.
 a. affairs plural : commercial, professional, or public business
  < 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. : matter, concern
  < 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. : any procedure, action, or occasion not clearly distinguished or only vaguely specified
  < 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 [French affaire] : a romantic or passionate attachment typically of limited duration : an illicit sexual relationship : liaison, intrigue
  < a series of affairs before her marriage >
 c. or affaire [French affaire] : a matter or episode occasioning public anxiety or dispute or giving rise to scandalous report and speculation : case — used often with proper names
  < the Doe affair >
  < the affair Roeville >
 d. : any object or collection of objects not clearly distinguished or only vaguely specified
  < 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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