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have an affair (with sb)
常指婚外情或秘密恋情。
She had an affair with her boss.
她和老板有了一段恋情。
事件
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事件
an event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to
She had an affair with her boss.
她和老板有了一段恋情。
事务,事情。
Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
未明确之事
a vaguely specified concern
泛指任何事件或行动。
Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
外遇
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
The wedding was a grand affair with over 300 guests.
这场婚礼有300多位宾客，是一个盛大的事件。
AI contextual example
He left the company to manage his own financial affairs.
他离开了公司去管理自己的财务事务。
AI contextual example
She regretted having an affair with her best friend's husband.
她后悔与她最好朋友的丈夫有染。
AI contextual example
it is none of your affair
这不关你的事。
WordNet
常指婚外情或秘密恋情。
She had an affair with her boss.
她和老板有了一段恋情。
affair在此指事件或活动。
The wedding was a private affair.
婚礼是一场私人活动。
affairs复数形式常指‘事务’。
He deals with international affairs.
他处理国际事务。
Not this
He is busy with government affair.
Use this
He is busy with government affairs.
当'affair'表示‘事务’时，常用复数形式'affairs'，如'government affairs'（政务）。单数形式通常指‘事件’或‘恋爱事件’。
Not this
I made many affairs yesterday.
Use this
I handled many affairs yesterday.
动词'make'与'affair'搭配不自然，表示处理事务常用'handle', 'deal with', 'attend to'等动词。
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恋情；风流韵事
Their love affair was the talk of the town.
他们的恋情曾是镇上的话题。
有外遇；出轨
She discovered that her husband was having an affair.
她发现丈夫有外遇。
婚外情
He regretted his extramarital affair deeply.
他对自己的婚外情深感后悔。
国家大事；国务
The president discussed affairs of state with his advisors.
总统与顾问们讨论了国家大事。
社交活动
The charity ball was a grand social affair.
那场慈善舞会是一场盛大的社交活动。
婚外情对象
He introduced his affair partner to his friends.
他把他的婚外情对象介绍给了朋友。
恋爱关系；强烈的热爱
She had a passionate love affair with Paris.
她对巴黎充满了热情的爱恋。
有外遇
He discovered that his wife was having an affair.
他发现他的妻子有外遇。
国家大事
The treaty was an affair of state.
这个条约是一件国家大事。
我和罗宾逊太太有婚外情。
From the 1967 film 'The Graduate', spoken by Benjamin Braddock to his father.
出自1967年电影《毕业生》，本杰明·布拉多克对他父亲说的。
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affair = a + fair，但婚外情往往不'公平'。
该词作名词指‘秘密性关系’时，语域较为私密，通常用于非正式的私人谈话或八卦报道中，常带有负面或谨慎的色彩。
复数形式 affairs 常指‘事务’
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