Not to do so gave the affair an air of mystery that he disliked.

不这么做会使事情带上一层他不喜欢的神秘色彩。

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The article insinuated that he was having an affair with his friend's wife.

文章含沙射影地点出他和朋友的妻子有染。

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He'd had a steamy affair with an office colleague.

他和办公室的一位同事曾经闹过桃色新闻。

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"I have made my drawings with the greatest accuracy, and the most minute attention", he wrote."In an affair of so much consequence to the dignity of the United States,"

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Meaning is an affair of consciousness and not of words.

含义关乎意识，而不是字词。

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The first of the two passages I want to talk about is Hirsch's argument that "meaning is an affair of consciousness and not of words" -meaning is an affair of consciousness and not of words.

这两篇里我想首先讲讲赫施的主张,“含义关乎意识，而不是字词“,含义关乎意识，而不是字词。

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She said that she would tell people they had an affair, that she was known as a stalker among her peers, and that she hated it, and if she had an affair or she had an affair, then she wouldn't be the stalker anymore.

CNN

Its coach had been fired after fessing up to an affair with an undergraduate.

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John Terry was stripped of the role after allegations he had an affair with an England team-mate's ex-girlfriend.

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