| 单词 | affair |
| 释义 | affair (once / 45 pages) 1n 2n If your grandfather was so startled by people shouting "Surprise!" at his birthday party that he had a mild heart attack, you'd probably want to just forget the whole affair. An affair is a specific event. You can use affair as a kind of shorthand, to mean "that big mess," or "that complicated story I already told you about." Your affair can also mean your responsibility or job, like if your grandmother said, "I don't care about balloons for the party — that's your affair." Another way affair is frequently used is to mean a love affair, particularly if the relationship is brief and intense. This meaning comes from the French phrase affaire de coeur, "affair of the heart." WORD FAMILYaffair: affairs USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Bolten was the White House legislative affairs director for part of the administration of the first President Bush. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) Businesses like Mr Yu’s indicate that not all spouses see affairs as an unpardonable offence. Economist(Nov 30, 2016) Other monarchies in Asia, notably Cambodia’s, have taken a less central role in their countries’ affairs in recent years. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n a vaguely specified social event the party was quite an affair Syn|Hypo|Hyper function, occasion, social function, social occasion party an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment celebration, jubilationa joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observancea formal event performed on a special occasion fundraisera social function that is held for the purpose of raising money photo op, photo opportunityan occasion that lends itself to (or is deliberately arranged for) taking photographs that provide favorable publicity for those who are photographed sleepoveran occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children) bash, brawl, doan uproarious party birthday partya party held on the anniversary of someone's birth bun-fight, bunfight(Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion ceilidhan informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling cocktail partyan afternoon party at which cocktails are served dancea party for social dancing feast, fete, fiestaan elaborate party (often outdoors) house partya party lasting over one or more nights at a large house jollya happy party tea partya party at which tea is served whist drivea progressive whist party circumstanceformal ceremony about important occasions funerala ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated hymeneals, nuptials, wedding, wedding ceremonythe social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed pageant, pageantrya rich and spectacular ceremony dedicationa ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose openinga ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise commemoration, memorialisation, memorializationa ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something military ceremonya formal ceremony performed by military personnel induction, initiation, installationa formal entry into an organization or position or office exercise(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches fire walkingthe ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers formalities, formalitya requirement of etiquette or custom Maundya public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money potlatcha ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment) social event an event characteristic of persons forming groups 2n a matter or concern 2it is none of your affair Syn|Hypo|Hyper matter, thing least something that is of no importance concern something that interests you because it is important or affects you n a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship Syn affaire, amour, intimacy, involvement, liaison |
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