affair的意思是“有关的事,事务,活动等”,如foreign affairs(外事),也常指婚外恋,如love affair (风流韵事)
a got-up affair
预谋事件, 圈套
be busy in another's affair
喜欢干涉别人的事
She's having an affair with her boss
她和老板有暧昧关系.
The principal promised to investigate into that affair
校长答应去调查那件事情。
event指“每日里发生的事件,事或活动,比赛项目”;
The newspaper account of the event approximated to the truth
报纸对这一事件的报导近于实情。
The important event of the week was the big storm.
那一周中的大事就是那场大暴风雪。
It was her first international sporting event
那是她第一次参加国际体育比赛。
incident同event意思相近,指“事件,事”,尤指较重大的、有影响的政治事件等。
without incident
平安无事
The demonstration proceeded without incident
游行示威进行时没有出事.
The kidnapping caused an international incident
这一绑架事件引起了国际纠纷。
The police are connecting this incident with last week's terrorist bombing
警方认为这次事件和上周的恐怖分子爆炸事件有关。