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

• She had a lesbian love affair with her secretary.
  她和她的秘书搞过同性恋。
• She was at rock bottom. Her long-term love affair was breaking up and so was she.
  她整个人跌至了谷底。她漫长的爱情要告结束了，她也要崩溃了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He has a love affair with that beautiful woman.
  他和那个美丽的女子关系暧昧。
• These two girls were my first love affair.
  这两个女孩是我的初恋情人。
• 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！
• 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。
• What are we talking here, a love affair?
  我们到底谈论什么呢，风流韵事？