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

• The love affair between Lewinsky and President Clinton is the core of the scandal.
  莱温斯基和克林顿总统的恋情是这项丑闻的核心。
• Samantha: Let's hear what the worldwide love affair with the romance novel is about, in Dateline USA.
  萨曼莎：在美国报道中，让我们来听听全世界与浪漫小说的相恋吧。
• I've got enough troubles without a love affair to complicate things.
  我们已经很麻烦了，还要再加上复杂的爱情事件。
• She had a lesbian love affair with her secretary.
  她和她的秘书搞过同性恋。
• 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。
• A perfect ending for a love affair that had lasted nearly sixty years.
  一份持续了60年的爱终于得到了完美的结局！
• This is a very strange love affair.-why?
  这种爱情太古怪了，为什么？
• Now it seems America's love affair with the plastic doll may also be coming to an end.
  如今，美国人对这个塑料娃娃的酷爱之情也似乎即将结束。
• 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。
• She began a torrid love affair with a theatrical designer.
  她和一位舞台设计师开始了一场狂热的恋情。