affair
英 [ə’feə(r)] 美 [ə’fer]
n. 私通；事件；事务；事情
affair 高中必修500 全国卷频次:1 教材出处:译林版必修B3U3
/əˈfeə(r)/ /əˈfeər/
n. affairs 7
事务，事件；私事，恋爱事件
高考真题原句提选：
They were saved from looking at their lives as their own private affair.
If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German.
But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement.
二、词组｜习惯用语
state of affairs 事态；情势
private affair 私事
business affair [律]商务
civil affair 民政事务
三、词根记忆词典》
affair
n.
[pl.]事務;事情(件);(個人的)事I met a fairly unfair affair upstairs.我在樓上遇到一件頗不公平的事.
noun
PUBLIC / POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 公共/政治活动
1. affairs [pl.] events that are of public interest or political importance
公共事务；政治事务:
world / international / business affairs
世界/国际/商业事务
an expert on foreign affairs (= political events in other countries)
外事专家
affairs of state
国务
⇨ see also current affairs
EVENT 事件
2. [C, usually sing.] an event that people are talking about or describing in a particular way
事件；事情:
The newspapers exaggerated the whole affair wildly.
报章毫无根据地夸大了整个事件。
The debate was a pretty disappointing affair.
那次辩论使人颇感失望。
She wanted the celebration to be a simple family affair.
她希望庆祝活动仅限于家人参加。
RELATIONSHIP 关系
3. [C] a sexual relationship between two people, usually when one or both of them is married to sb else
(尤指已婚男女的)私通,风流韵事:
She is having an affair with her boss.
她跟老板有暧昧关系。
⇨ see also love affair
PRIVATE BUSINESS 私人业务
4. affairs [pl.] matters connected with a person’s private business and financial situation
私人业务:
I looked after my father’s financial affairs.
我照管父亲的财务。
She wanted to put her affairs in order before she died.
她想在去世前把自己的事务安排妥当。
5. [sing.] a thing that sb is responsible for (and that other people should not be concerned with)
个人的事
SYN business :
How I spend my money is my affair.
我如何用钱是我自己的事。
OBJECT 物品
6. [C] (old-fashioned) (with an adjective 与形容词连用) an object that is unusual or difficult to describe
不寻常之物；难描述的东西:
Her hat was an amazing affair with feathers and a huge brim.
她的帽子嵌着羽毛,帽檐很宽,真是件奇物。
IDIOMS
⇨ see state n.
Are you interested in world affairs?
你对世界大事感兴趣吗？
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
外交部
Women had little role in public affairs.
女性过去几乎不参与公共事务。
b) things connected with your personal life, your financial situation etc 个人事务，私事
I am not prepared to discuss my financial affairs with the press.
我不打算同新闻界谈论我的财务情况。
→ state of affairs at state1(8)
2 EVENT 事件
a) an event or set of related events, especially one that is impressive or shocking 〔尤指令人印象深刻或震惊的〕事件
the Watergate affair
水门事件
The whole affair was a disaster.
整个事件就是一场灾难。
b) used when describing an event 事情〔用于描述某事时〕
The party was a very grand affair.
聚会场面很大。
► see thesaurus at event
3 RELATIONSHIP 关系 a secret sexual relationship between two people, when at least one of them is married to someone else 〔非配偶的〕暧昧关系，通奸，私通 SYN love affair
affair with
He had an affair with his boss that lasted six years.
他和老板的暧昧关系持续了六年。
4 OBJECT 物品 informal old-fashioned used when describing an object, machine etc 东西
The computer was one of those little portable affairs.
这台电脑属于小型、便携的那一种。
5 be somebody’s affair if something is your affair, it only concerns you and you do not want anyone else to get involved in it 是某人自己的事
What I do in my free time is my affair.
我在空余时间做什么是我自己的事。
1.N-SING 单数名词事情；事件 If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair .
【搭配模式】：the N
The government has mishandled the whole affair…
政府对整个事件处理不当。
The affair began when customs officials inspected a convoy of 60 tankers…
就在海关关员检查一个60艘油轮的船队时，事情发生了。
The industry minister described the affair as ‘an absolute scandal’.
工业部长将此事件形容为“绝对的丑闻”。
2.N-SING 单数名词…事件（指重要或有趣的事件或情况） You can refer to an important or interesting event or situation as ‘the … affair’.
【搭配模式】：usu the n-proper N
【FIELD标签】：mainly JOURNALISM 主新闻
…the damage caused to the CIA and FBI in the aftermath of the Watergate affair.
水门事件发生后给美国中央情报局和联邦调查局造成的不良影响
…confidential Bank of England documents relating to the BCCI affair.
与国际信贷商业银行事务相关的英格兰银行的机密文件
3.N-SING 单数名词…事（指具有某种特点的事情） You can describe the main quality of an event by saying that it is a particular kind of affair .
【搭配模式】：usu supp N
Michael said that his planned 10-day visit would be a purely private affair…
迈克尔说他所计划的10天访问纯属个人私事。
Breakfast will be a cheerless affair for the Prime Minister this morning.
今天的早餐会让首相感觉全然无味。
4.N-SING 单数名词（不寻常的或具有某种特点的）东西 You can describe an object as a particular kind of affair when you want to draw attention to a particular feature, or indicate that it is unusual.
【搭配模式】：supp N
All their beds were distinctive; Mac’s was an iron affair with brass knobs…
他们的床都各具特色；马克的床是张带球形黄铜柱头的铁家伙。
He tried dividing it into two bundles, tying them to his walking stick, and slinging the whole affair across his back.
他试着将它分成两包绑在他的拐棍上，然后把所有东西都挂在后背上。
5.N-COUNT 可数名词See also:love affair;风流韵事；私通 If two people who are not married to each other have an affair, they have a sexual relationship.
She was having an affair with someone at work.
她跟某一同事有染。
6.N-PLURAL 复数名词See also:current affairs;state of affairs;（关于某个主题所有的）事务 You can use affairs to refer to all the important facts or activities that are connected with a particular subject.
【搭配模式】：usu supp N
He does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of another country…
他不想干涉别国内政。
With more details, here’s our foreign affairs correspondent.
详细情况，请听我们外交事务记者的报道。
7.N-PLURAL 复数名词私事；个人事务 Your affairs are all the matters connected with your life which you consider to be private and normally deal with yourself.
【搭配模式】：usu poss N
He was rational and consistent in the conduct of his affairs…
他处理私事时头脑清楚，始终如一。
The unexpectedness of my father’s death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order.
家父的猝然离世留下了尚未完全安排妥当的身后事。
8.N-SING 单数名词（不容别人干涉的）事务 If you say that a decision or situation is someone’s affair, you mean that it is their responsibility, and other people should not interfere.
【搭配模式】：poss N
If you wish to make a fool of yourself, that is your affair…
如果你想让自己出丑，那是你自己的事。
If they want to stay and fight, then I guess that’s their affair.
如果他们想留下来打架，我想那是他们自己的事。
plural affairs
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
adulterous/extramarital affairs between married men and single women
已婚男子与单身女子的私通/婚外恋
— often used in the phrase have an affair常用于短语have an affair
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。
— often + with
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
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。
— often used with proper names常与专有名词连用
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。
