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

• 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。
• 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。
• Spending time with him was like a teenage love affair, 'she says.
  她说：和他在一起，感觉就像学生时代的恋爱一样。
• 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。
• It was her first love affair, as we have said;
  我们已经说过，这是她第一次的爱。
• 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。
• This is a very strange love affair.-why?
  这种爱情太古怪了，为什么？
• 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。
• With the end of my love affair, I lost all the self-confidence I once had
  恋爱告吹后，我一时间自信全无。
• 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。