affairs

1. N-SING 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 .
   1. The government has mishandled the whole affair...
      政府对整个事件处理不当。
   2. 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。
   3. 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 …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'.
   1. ...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
   2. ...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 …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 .
   1. 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。
   2. 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 （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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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. See also: She was having an affair with someone at work. love affair
6. See also: He does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of another country... With more details, here's our foreign affairs correspondent. current affairs state of affairs
7. N-PLURAL 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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 （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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。

1. 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。
2. In a brief statement, he concentrated entirely on international affairs
   他作了一个简短的声明，集中阐述了在国际事务方面的立场。
3. The Brookings Institution has assembled a collection of essays from foreign affairs experts.
   布鲁金斯研究所将一批外交专家撰写的文章结集出版。
4. Our British Affairs correspondent reports on how the three contenders reacted to the news of the resignation.
   我们的“英国国内事务”记者报道了3名竞争者对辞职消息的反应。
5. I am ill-informed on current affairs.
   我对时事了解不多。
6. Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.
   婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
7. The fact Liberia has no oil seems to explain foreign disinterest in its internal affairs
   利比里亚没有石油，这一事实似乎解释了为什么外部势力无意过问其内政。
8. The management of local affairs should dovetail regional interests with those of the country as a whole.
   地方事务的管理应该使地方利益和国家的整体利益相吻合。
9. I had made arrangements for my affairs to be dealt with by one of my children
   我已经安排我的一个孩子处理我的事务。
10. The court declared him incompetent to manage his financial affairs
    法庭宣布他不具备管理自己财务的能力。
11. Inspectors were appointed to inquire into the affairs of the company.
    督查员受委派调查该公司的事务。
12. The UN cannot interfere in the internal affairs of any country.
    联合国不能干涉任何国家的内政。
13. The parliament described the decree as interference in the republic's internal affairs
    议会形容此法令为对共和国内政的干涉。
14. This lamentable state of affairs lasted until 1947
    这一令人遗憾的事态一直持续至1947年。
15. The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales.
    经济部长宣布了对石油销售的限制。
16. Both countries agreed that normal relations would be based on non-interference in each other's internal affairs.
    两国一致同意正常邦交关系应建立在互不干涉内政的基础之上。
17. It was his responsibility for foreign affairs that gained him international prestige.
    他在负责处理外交事务的过程中赢得了国际声望。
18. Many journalists enter the country to report on political affairs
    许多记者进入该国对政治事件进行报道。
19. The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs responded that the protection of refugees was a matter for an international organization
    比利时外交大臣回应说，保护难民是国际组织的事情。
20. This state of affairs cannot continue for too long, if parliament is to recover
    如果议会想要恢复常态的话，这种状态就不会持续太久。
21. Lawyers and accountants began trying to untangle the complex affairs of the bank
    律师和会计师开始着手梳理这家银行复杂的事务。
22. He mismanaged the whole affairs.
    他把整个事情弄糟了。
23. I will manage all my affairs myself in my own from this day on.
    我从今以后要按自己的意思来处理我的一切事务。
24. The people of New China all have a say in the affairs of their state.
    新中国的人民对国家大事都有发言权。
25. He is inclined to meddle in other people's affairs.
    他总喜欢干涉别人的事。
26. The state of affairs must not be allowed to continue.
    不能让这种状况延续下去。
27. These acts constitute an interference in the internal affairs of other countries.
    这种行动构成对别国内政的干涉。
28. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs is the equal of American Secretary of State.
    法国的外交部长相当于美国的国务卿。
29. One or two powers should not have the final say on world affairs.
    世界上的事不应该由一两个国家说了算。
30. I don't want to have a hand in his personal affairs.
    我不愿意过问他个人的事。

noun

1. transactions of professional or public interest
   1. news of current affairs
   2. great affairs of state

2. matters of personal concern
   1. get his affairs in order

   Synonym:    personal businesspersonal matters