affair/əˈfeə(r)/ n 事件;事情;公共事务;风流韵事
world/international/business affairs 世界、国际、商务事务
an expert on foreign affairs外事专家(外交事务)
The newspapers exaggerated the whole affair wildly(exaggerate[ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪd]
:夸张,夸大。wildly adv 极其,非常)
She is having an affair with her boss暧昧关系
affair
对比:accident、incident 和 affair 的区别?
accident更加强调“意外事故”,车祸,火灾等;incident是指事件,可以经过策划的,特定的时间也可以表示意外的事故;affair如果在指个人感情、生活方面更加常用。
scandal/ˈskændl/ n 丑闻
记忆:(这)厮干的!可以联想指认西门庆的现场!
a series of sex scandals 一系列丑闻
newspapers full of scandal充斥丑闻的报纸
An exaggerated devotion is the scandal of our sex.过分的虔诚是我们女人的丑行(devotion,来自devote v 奉献,致力于)
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anecdote/ˈænɪkdəʊt/ n 奇闻轶事
记忆:哎你可(真)逗!当你听到别人讲的故事,被里面精巧的设计所感染,拍大腿称赞别人:哎!你可真逗。a-ne-c-do-te
amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor趣闻轶事(amusing来自amuse:使···娱乐,消遣)
This research is based on anecdote not fact.(research来自search,re-反复搜索,就是调查了)
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