【affair】 - A-level备考词汇

affair

UK:  [ə'feə(r)]

US:  [ə'fer]

复数：affairs  

n.

1.事,事情,事件

2.不正常的恋爱事件,男女间的暧昧关系

3.事务;事态

4.事务,财产事务;政(务)事业

5.幽会,私通,鬼混,风流好事,恋情;旧情

6.婚事

7.〔口语〕东西,物品

8.情况;状况;境况

9.宴;聚会

10.天体;地面

1 . In court Friday, she apologized for her affair and for the drug abuse that led to her romantic involvement.
星期五在法庭上，她为自己的风流韵事和导致他浪漫恋情的吸毒致歉。

2 . The Somme affair, destined to be known as the Great F--k Up, was the largest engagement fought since the beginning of civilization.
注定要被作为一大糟糕战事的索姆河战役，是自文明开始以来最大的交战。

3 . The tabloids say that she had an affair with her manager.
多家小报纷纷报道她与她的经理有染。

4 . The 2006 New York art season turned out to be a piddling affair , thanks to its focus on hype , cash and new product .
2006年纽约艺术社区的季节变成了一场风波，由于它着眼于开足马力，现金及新产品。

5 . So it may have been the timing of the McChrystal affair that made him feel he had to insist on the resignation of the egregious general.
所以，这也许是麦克里斯特尔事件的时机，他感觉到不得不坚持辞去臭名昭著的将军一职。