• n. 事情；事務；私事；（尤指關(guān)系不長久的）風流韻事

前綴af-同ad-, 去，往。-fair, 詞根fact的法語變體。

affair

affair: [13] Like ado, and of course to-do, affair originally meant literally ‘to do’. It was coined in Old French from the phrase à faire ‘to do’, and entered English via Anglo-Norman afere. The spelling affair was established by Caxton, who based it on the French model. The specific sense of a ‘love affair’ dates from the early 18th century.
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affair (n.)

c. 1300, "what one has to do," from Anglo-French afere, Old French afaire "business, event; rank, estate" (12c., Modern French affaire), from the infinitive phrase à faire "to do," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + facere "to do, make" (see factitious).

A Northern word originally, brought into general use and given a French spelling by Caxton (15c.). General sense of "vague proceedings" (in romance, war, etc.) first attested 1702. Meaning "an affair of the heart; a passionate episode" is from French affaire de coeur (itself attested in English from 1809); to have an affair with someone in this sense is by 1726, earlier have an affair of love:

'Tis manife?tly contrary to the Law of Nature, that one Woman ?hould cohabit or have an Affair of Love with more than one Man at the ?ame time. ["Pufendorf's Law of Nature and Nations," transl. J. Spavan, London, 1716]

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Thus, in our dialect, a vicious man is a man of pleasure, a sharper is one that plays the whole game, a lady is said to have an affair, a gentleman to be a gallant, a rogue in business to be one that knows the world. By this means, we have no such things as sots, debauchees, whores, rogues, or the like, in the beau monde, who may enjoy their vices without incurring disagreeable appellations. [George Berkeley, "Alciphron or the Minute Philosopher," 1732]

1. He will now face a disciplinary hearing for having an affair.

他因有外遇而要面臨紀律聽證會的裁決。

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2. "This ain't no affair of yours, boy!" McClosky said threateningly.

“小子，這不關(guān)你的事！”麥克洛斯基威脅道。

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3. He claims he was made the fall guy for the affair.

他聲稱自己是這起事件的替罪羊。

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4. The government ordered an independent inquiry into the affair.

政府下令對該事件進行獨立調(diào)查。

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5. The industry minister described the affair as "an absolute scandal".

工業(yè)部長將此事件形容為“絕對的丑聞”。

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