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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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

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。

noun

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。
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。
She had a lesbian love affair with her secretary.
她和她的秘书搞过同性恋。
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。
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。
He hits the ceiling at the mere mention of his unsuccessful love affair with Emily.
一提到他和埃米莉之间不成功的罗曼史，他就要大发雷霆。
His wife left him when she found out about his love affair.
当他的老婆发现他有外遇时便离开了他。
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。
This is a very strange love affair.-why?
这种爱情太古怪了，为什么？
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。