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。
事务；恋爱事件；事务,事情。；未明确之事；泛指任何事件或行动。
an event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to
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
规模不足称为战斗的军事行动。
An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
社交活动
a vaguely specified social event
物品(泛指)。
A material object (vaguely designated).
已婚人士的婚外情
An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
非正式伴侣的婚外情
An otherwise illicit romantic relationship, such as with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
婚外情对象
A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
正式社交聚会
A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
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。
用法提示：此句中 affair 作可数名词，意为‘事件’，指婚礼这一社交活动。
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。
用法提示：此句中 affairs 为复数形式，作名词，意为‘事务’，指个人或商业上的事项。
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。
用法提示：此句中 affair 作可数名词，意为‘恋爱事件’，常指婚外情。
AI contextual example
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。
比affair更中性且常用，不暗示个人感情或事务
强调偶然性或负面意义，与affair (事件) 可替换但色彩不同
较正式，泛指发生的事，替换时需要考虑文体
grammar · medium
易错句子He is busy with government affair.
正确表达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’。
grammar · medium
易错句子I made many affairs yesterday.
正确表达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。
适用于“事件”或“事务”的意义，指不重要的小事。
affair 常指具体发生的事件或私事，而 matter 更强调需要处理的问题或议题
affair 可指普通事件或私事，而 event 通常指重要或引人注目的事件
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。
noun plural
noun
同为社会活动，常与affair替换使用
强调仪式感，与affair同属社交场合
正式社交场合，与affair相近
泛指多人聚集的活动，与affair概念重叠
正式用语，常指大型社交事件
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。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.