英语同意词辨析

题目

英语同意词辨析
英语里面“事情”这个单词 matter affair case event thing business

答案

matter一般带有贬义色彩,只“小事,麻烦的事”
event 大事,事件（如911event）
affair一般指较大的事或是男女韵事
thing泛指
business公事,正事
因虽然都有“事情”一意,但是用法语境截然不同
例句如下：
what's the matter (with you)?
what's the matter with your watch?
All we americans learnt a lot from the 911 event.
It is said that his love affair with that young girl was found by his wife.
My son's birthday party is a big affair in our family.
This case is too easy for me!
please check that case now.
What are those things over there?
I went to Tokyo for business.
（今天刚给学生上课回来,刚好讲到这里所已很清楚）