affairAHD:[…-fâr“]D.J.:[*6fW*r]K.K.:[*6fWr] n.Something done or to be done; business. 事情已做或要做的事情；事件affairsTransactions and other matters of professional or public business: 事务业务和其他职业上的事情或公事：affairs of state.国事An occurrence, an event, or a matter:事变，大事，事件：The senator's death was a tragic affair.参议员之死是个悲剧A social function.社会作用An object or a contrivance: 东西，物件物品或发明物：Their first car was a ramshackle affair.他们的第一辆车破烂不堪拦扮穗简卜A matter of personal concern. 个人的事与个人有关的事affairsPersonal business:私事：get one's affairs in order.处理好个人事务A matter causing public scandal and controversy: 社会轶闻引起大众丑闻及争议的事缺孝件：the Dreyfus affair.德雷福斯丑闻A romantic and sexual relationship, sometimes one of brief duration, between two people who are not married to each other. 风流韵事，绯闻两个没有婚姻关系的人之间浪漫的和性的关系，有时是短暂的Middle English affaire中古英语 affairefromOld French afaire源自古法语 afairefrom a faire[ to do ]源自 a faire[ 做 ] a[ to ] a[ 向 ]fromLatin ad源自拉丁语 ad*See Also : ad- faire[ to do ] faire[ 做 ]from facere源自 facere*See Also : dh¶- In Appendix affair business concern lookoutThe central meaning shared by these nouns is “something that involves one personally”: I won't comment on that; 我不能评论那件事；it's not my affair. 它不关我的事。That's none of your business. 这不关你的事。Mind your own concerns. 别多管闲事。It's your lookout to see that your application is filed on time.你应注意去看看你的申请是否准时归档
