affair 音标拼音: [əf'ɛr]
n . 事情,事务;恋爱事件
事情,事务;恋爱事件
affair n 1 :
a vaguely specified concern ; "
several matters to attend to "; "
it is none of your affair "; "
things are going well "
[
synonym : {
matter }, {
affair }, {
thing }]
2 :
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [
synonym :
{
affair }, {
affaire }, {
intimacy }, {
liaison }, {
involvement },
{
amour }]
3 :
a vaguely specified social event ; "
the party was quite an affair "; "
an occasion arranged to honor the president "; "
a seemingly endless round of social functions " [
synonym : {
affair },
{
occasion }, {
social occasion }, {
function }, {
social function }]
Affair \
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n . [
OE .
afere ,
affere ,
OF .
afaire ,
F .
affaire ,
fr .
a faire to do ;
L ..
ad facere to do .
See {
Fact },
and cf . {
Ado }.]
1 .
That which is done or is to be done ;
matter ;
concern ;
as ,
a difficult affair to manage ;
business of any kind ,
commercial ,
professional ,
or public ; --
often in the plural . "
At the head of affairs ." --
Junius . "
A talent for affairs ." --
Prescott .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely ;
as ,
an affair of honor ,
i .
e .,
a duel ;
an affair of love ,
i .
e .,
an intrigue .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Mil .)
An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
Action ;
endeavor . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
And with his best affair Obeyed the pleasure of the Sun . --
Chapman .
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1913 Webster ]
5 .
A material object (
vaguely designated ).
[
1913 Webster ]
A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded . --
Hawthorne .
[
1913 Webster ]
124 Moby Thesaurus words for "
affair ":
activities ,
activity ,
adulterous affair ,
adultery ,
affairs ,
amor ,
amour ,
article ,
artifact ,
at home ,
attempt ,
bag ,
beeswax ,
business ,
care ,
commerce ,
commitment ,
concern ,
concernment ,
contract ,
cuckoldry ,
cup of tea ,
deal ,
dingus ,
dofunny ,
dohickey ,
doing ,
dojigger ,
dojiggy ,
domajig ,
domajigger ,
doodad ,
dowhacky ,
effort ,
employ ,
employment ,
engagement ,
entanglement ,
enterprise ,
eppes ,
eternal triangle ,
etwas ,
event ,
fling ,
flirtation ,
flumadiddle ,
forbidden love ,
function ,
gadget ,
gathering ,
get -
together ,
gigamaree ,
gimmick ,
gizmo ,
hanky -
panky ,
happening ,
hickey ,
hootenanny ,
hootmalalie ,
illicit love ,
incident ,
infidelity ,
interest ,
intrigue ,
issue ,
jigger ,
job ,
labor ,
levee ,
liaison ,
lookout ,
love ,
love affair ,
material thing ,
matinee ,
matter ,
object ,
obligation ,
occasions ,
occupation ,
occurrence ,
operation ,
palaver ,
pie ,
plan ,
proceeding ,
program ,
project ,
proposition ,
quelque chose ,
reception ,
relationship ,
responsibility ,
reunion ,
romance ,
romantic tie ,
salon ,
service ,
sociable ,
social ,
social affair ,
social gathering ,
soiree ,
something ,
task ,
thing ,
thingum ,
thingumabob ,
thingumadad ,
thingumadoodle ,
thingumajig ,
thingumajigger ,
thingumaree ,
thingummy ,
topic ,
transaction ,
triangle ,
undertaking ,
unfaithfulness ,
venture ,
wake ,
whatchy ,
widget ,
work
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