affair/əˋfɛr; əˈfeə/n [C]1 affairs [plural 复数] a) public or political events and activities 公共事务﹔政治事务: a foreign affairs correspondent for CNN 美国有线新闻网的外交事务记者b) things connected with your personal life, your financial situation etc 私人事务﹐个人的事: I don’t want to discuss my financial affairs. 我不想讨论我经济上的事情。2 an event or a set of related events, especially unpleasant ones〔尤指不愉快的〕事情﹐事件: the Watergate affair 水门事件The whole affair was a disaster. 整个事件就是一场灾难。3 a secret sexual relationship between two people, when at least one of them is married to someone else〔非配偶间的〕性关系﹐通奸﹐私通: +with Ed's having an affair with his boss's wife. 埃德与他老板的妻子有暧昧关系。4 be sb's affair if something is your affair, you do not want other people to know about it or become involved in it 是某人的私事﹐是某人的个人事情LOVE AFFAIR, CURRENT AFFAIRS, STATE OF AFFAIRS