affair，英语单词，主要用作名词，主要意思为“公共事务，政治事务；事情，事件；个人的事”等。

英 [əˈfeə(r)] 美 [əˈfer]

n. 公共事务，政治事务；事情，事件；个人的事，私事；私人业务；（尤指已婚男女的）私通，风流韵事；社交活动，喜庆事；<旧> 物件，东西；商务和金融交易

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柯林斯英汉双解大词典

affair /əˈfɛə/ CET4 TEM4

1.N-SING 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. 事件

3.N-SING You can describe the main quality of an event by saying that it is a particular kind of affair. (某种性质的) 事

4.N-COUNT If two people who are not married to each other have an affair, they have a sexual relationship. 不正当关系

5.→ see also love affair

6.N-PLURAL You can use affairs to refer to all the important facts or activities that are connected with a particular subject. (有关某话题的) 事务

7.→ see also current affairs, state of affairs

8.N-PLURAL Your affairs are all the matters connected with your life that you consider to be private and normally deal with yourself. (个人的) 事情

state of affairs 事态；情势

love affair 风流韵事；强烈爱好

have an affair 有外遇；通奸；婚外恋

private affair 私事

business affair [律]商务

civil affair 民政事务