current affairs

英 [ˌkʌrənt əˈfeəz]

美 [ˌkɜːrənt əˈferz]

n.  时事

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 时事
  events of political or social importance that are happening now

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 时事
  If you refer tocurrent affairs, you are referring to political events and problems in society which are discussed in newspapers, and on television and radio.
  1. I am ill-informed on current affairs.
     我对时事了解不多。
  2. ...the BBC's current affairs programme 'Panorama'.
     英国广播公司的时事节目《广角镜》

双语例句

• In some schools children study current affairs as a subject.
  在某些学校里，孩子们学习时事作为一门课程。
• He was a man of letters with no interest in current affairs.
  他是个文学家，对时事不感兴趣。
• He exaggerates the superficiality of their current affairs programmes.
  他夸大其词地说他们的时事节目过于肤浅。
• Famous people are often interviewed and asked about their opinions on current affairs.
  名人们经常接受采访，被问及他们对时事的看法。
• The late-night current affairs programme has a new anchorman.
  夜间时事节目出现了一名新的主持人。
• A periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art.
  刊登评论当前时事、文学、艺术的文章的杂志。
• Surely modern women want to be informed of world current affairs; we are no longer chained to the kitchen sink!
  当代女性当然想了解时事，我们不再只是受缚于家务小事。
• We found the great hall full of students and teachers listening to an important report made by a comrade from the People's Daily on current affairs in East Europe.
  我们发现大礼堂坐满了学生和教师，在听人民日报的一位同志作有关东欧局势的重要报告。
• The treatise on current affairs skimmed the surface of the subject.
  那篇讨论时事的文章只触及了问题的皮毛。
• The new current affairs series promises to address challenging issues with freshness and rigour.
  新的时事系列节目承诺以全新的视角和严谨的态度谈论有挑战性的问题。