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affair noun 1event/situation 事件；形势ADJECTIVE | VERB + AFFAIR | PHRASES ADJECTIVEwhole 整件事情◆She saw the whole affair as a great joke.她把整件事看成一个大玩笑。glittering, grand 盛大的活动；隆重的事件◆I knew that the wedding would be a grand affair.我知道婚礼会很隆重。intimate, low-key, simple 私人的事情；办得低调的事件；简单的事件community, local 社区／地方事务messy, sad, sordid, sorry (especially BrE) , squalid (especially BrE) 难以处理的事件；伤心的事件；不齿的勾当；令人难过的事情；卑鄙的勾当◆the newspaper article that exposed this whole sordid affair报纸上披露这起卑鄙勾当的全过程的文章VERB + AFFAIRdeal with, handle 处理事情◆Many people have criticized the way the government handled the affair.许多人抨击政府处理这件事的方法。be involved in 牵涉进某个事件中investigate 调查事件PHRASESsb's involvement in the affair 某人牵涉进事件中◆He has tried to play down his involvement in the affair.他试图淡化与该事的瓜葛。a state of affairs 事态；局势◆How did this state of affairs come about?形势怎么会发展到这个地步？wash your hands of the affair (= to refuse to be responsible for sth or involved in sth) 拒绝对⋯负责；与⋯摆脱干系 |