affair

Danh từ

việc

it's not my affair

đấy không phải là việc của tôi

số nhiều

công việc

put one's affairs in order

sắp xếp công việc cho có trật tự

affairs of state

công việc quốc gia

sự việc

we must try to forget this sad affair

ta phải cố quên sự việc đáng buồn này đi

món, thứ

khẩu ngữ

this motor-cycle is a very complicated affair

cái xe mô tô này thật là một món phức tạp hết sức

quan hệ tình dục (giữa những người không phải là vợ chồng), chuyện tình lăng nhăng

she is having an affair with her boss

cô ta đang có quan hệ lăng nhăng với ông chủ

a state of affair

xem state
noun

plural -fairs

affairs [plural] :work or activities done for a purpose :commercial, professional, public, or personal business

The group conducts its affairs [=business] in private.

We were told to arrange/settle our affairs. = We were told to put our affairs in order.

handling/managing someone else's affairs

They seem to be quite pleased with the current/present state of affairs. [=situation]

She's the company's director of public affairs. [=the person who manages a company's relationship with the public]

She's an expert in foreign affairs. [=events and activities that involve foreign countries]

world/international affairs [=events and activities that involve different nations]

After the war, the government focused on its own domestic affairs.

They accused the U.S. of interfering in the internal affairs of other nations.

[count] :a matter that concerns or involves someone

This has nothing to do with you. It's not your affair. [=business, concern] = It's none of your affair. [=business]

How I choose to live is my affair, not yours.

[count] :a secret sexual relationship between two people :love affair

adulterous/extramarital affairs between married men and single women - often used in the phrase have an affair

She divorced her husband after she discovered that he was having an affair. - often + with

She had an affair with a coworker.

[count] a social event or activity

He wants to make their wedding day an affair to remember. [=a special event]

a simple/elaborate affair

We were invited to a black-tie affair [=a party in which men wear tuxedos and women wear fancy dresses] at the governor's mansion.

an event or series of events that usually involves well-known people

the famous hostage affair of the late 1970s

The public has shown little interest in the whole affair. - often used with proper names

the Iran-Contra affair [=scandal]

[count] informal :something made or produced :an object or thing

The only bridge across the river was a flimsy affair of ropes and rotten wood.
noun

These are affairs of state and require the approval of a minister

matter

topic

issue

business

concern

interest

undertaking

activity

Who wiped the fingerprints off the weapon is none of your affair

concern

business

Slang US beeswax

Last night's farewell party was truly a dull affair

event

business

occurrence

happening

proceeding

incident

operation

Lady Constance is having an affair with the gamekeeper

Also

affaire

love affair

amour

romance

intrigue

fling

liaison

relationship

affaire d'amour

affaire de coeur

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