love affair

英 [ˈlʌv əfeə(r)]

美 [ˈlʌv əfer]

n.  风流韵事; (非夫妻间的)性关系; (对某事)极大的热情，强烈的兴趣

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牛津词典

noun

• 风流韵事；（非夫妻间的）性关系
  a romantic and/or sexual relationship between two people who are in love and not married to each other
• （对某事）极大的热情，强烈的兴趣
  great enthusiasm for sth
  1. the English love affair with gardening
     英格兰人对园艺的热爱

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 风流韵事；（非夫妻或同居情侣间的）恋爱（或性）关系
  Alove affairis a romantic and usually sexual relationship between two people who love each other but who are not married or living together.
  1. ...a stressful love affair with a married man.
     与一个已婚男人的痛苦婚外情
• N-SING 极大的喜爱；强烈的的兴趣
  If you refer to someone'slove affair withsomething, you mean that they like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it.
  1. ...the American love affair with firearms...
     美国人对枪支的癖好
  2. Tom's love affair with France and most things French knew no bounds.
     汤姆对法国和大多数法国东西都无比热爱。

英英释义

noun

• a relationship between two lovers
  Synonym:romance

双语例句

• His wife left him when she found out about his love affair.
  当他的老婆发现他有外遇时便离开了他。
• But his love affair with Alicia, he says, is 'just like a movie.
  而他与艾丽西娅的爱情，用他的话说，'就像是一部电影。
• You thought they would get along pretty well, a great love affair!
  你以为它们会相处得很好，多好的一对啊。
• What are we talking here, a love affair?
  我们到底谈论什么呢，风流韵事？
• The film tells the moving story of a doomed love affair.
  影片讲述了一个注定为悲剧的感人爱情故事。
• She behaved very tactlessly in reminding him of their love affair.
  她提醒他别忘了他俩间的恋爱关系，说得很不策略。
• So I began another sensational love affair, which, of course, again ended tragically.
  于是我又有了一场海誓山盟的恋爱，结果当然也不妙。
• Thus began my first love affair.
  就这样，开始了我的初恋。
• Tom's love affair with France and most things French knew no bounds.
  汤姆对法国和大多数法国东西都无比热爱。
• I wanna have a love affair before I die.
  我想在死前恋爱一次。