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

• Taxi driver: News about current affairs, documentaries, music, movies, noncommercial ads and so on.
  出租车司机：实事新闻、纪录片、音乐、电影和公益广告等等。
• 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。
• The personalization and over-simplification of current affairs.
  时事的个人化和过于简单化。
• 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。
• The questions cover areas such as current affairs and general knowledge, reading, math and logic.
  题目涵盖时事常识、阅读理解、数学和逻辑推理等内容。
• Tomorrow afternoon there will be a talk on current affairs by a reporter from the people's daily.
  明天下午《人民日报》社有一位记者来做时事报告。
• 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。
• 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。
• He doesn't know anything about the current affairs at home and abroad.
  他对国内外时事一无所知。
• 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。