Tesla boss Elon Musk has denied having an affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of Google co-founder, Sergey Brin.

1. deny doing sth 否认做过…
2. have an affair with 和…婚外恋；出轨…

Mr Musk's comments came after the Wall Street Journal reported that his friendship with Mr Brin had ended over the alleged affair.

1. alleged 宣称的；据传闻的；涉嫌的；传闻的

Replying to a link to the story posted on Twitter, Mr Musk referred to the report as "total bs".

1. refer to as 把…称作
2. bs=bullshits 胡说八道

Mr Musk went on to say that he is still friends with Mr Brin and that they were "at a party together last night!"

1. go on to say 接着说道…
2. be friends with sb 和某人是朋友

Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal said that Mr Musk was engaged in a brief affair late last year with Ms Shanahan.

1. cite 引用；援引
2. be familiar with 和…熟悉
3. be engaged in 涉及；干；从事；忙于
4. brief 简短的

This prompted Mr Brin to file for divorce earlier this year and ended the long friendship between the two high-profile technology billionaires, the paper also said.

1. prompt [prɒmpt] 促使；导致；激起
2. file for divorce 申请离婚
3. high-profile 高端的；高调的

But Mr Musk tweeted "I've only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic".

1. tweet 发推文
2. twice in three years 三年两次

At the time of the alleged affair in December, Mr Brin and his wife were separated but still living together, the Wall Street Journal said, citing a person close to Ms Shanahan.

1. be separated 分开的；分手的

In a separate tweet, Mr Musk said "WSJ [Wall Street Journal] has run so many bs hit pieces on me and Tesla I've lost count."

1. separate 单独的；不同的
2. hit pieces 热门事件话题文章
3. lose count 数不清；不记得数目；数不过来

Even though they have a prenuptial agreement, Mr Brin and Ms Shanahan are currently negotiating a divorce settlement, which could be as much as $1bn (£830m), the paper said.

1. prenuptial agreement 婚前协议
2. negotiate 协商
3. settlement 协议；解决办法