event, matter, thing, affair这几个单词有什么不同?

来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/06/08 04:22:05

a. event通常指具有很大影响、意义大的事件或运动会的比赛项目。如:
Can you remember the events which happened in the 1960s?
The Autumn Uprising is a great event in China's histroy.
There are 300 different events in the Olympic Games.
b. matter 意思为“毛病”、“问题”,通常指“要注意的事情”。如:
What's the matter with you ?
It's a different matter.
c. affair 指已经发生或必须去做的事情,通常用复数形式指“事务”“事 态”如:the world affairs, foreign affairs.
d. thing 是指“事情”“事务”“东西”的意思,指大事、小事、好事、坏事,但一般不用来指专门的事务。如:
To say is one thing but to do is another.
Bring your swimming things.
另外还有business一词,作“事情”解释,一般指“公事”“正事”“商业事务”,强调任务,职务等指派的工作。如:
He is on business.
It's none of your business.

event: 事件, 事变, 结果, 活动, 精力, 竞赛

matter: n.事件, 问题, 物质, 内容, 实质, 原因, (印刷或书写的)文件, (文章或讲话等的)素材vi.有关系, 要紧

thing: 东西, 物, 所有物, 用品, 事, 事情, 事件,事态

affair: 事务, 事件, 私事, 恋爱事件, (尤指关系不长久的)风流韵事,eg:My wife has an affair.我老破有外遇了。

event 一般指历史事件必用此词 <