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relation

英 [rɪ'leɪʃ(ə)n] 美[rɪ'leʃən]
  • n. 关系;叙述;故事;亲属关系

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复数: relations;

中文词源


relation 联系,关联,亲属,亲戚

来自 relate,联系,相关。引申诸相关词义。

英文词源


relation (n.)
late 14c., "connection, correspondence;" also "act of telling," from Anglo-French relacioun, Old French relacion "report, connection" (14c.), from Latin relationem (nominative relatio) "a bringing back, restoring; a report, proposition," from relatus (see relate). Meaning "person related by blood or marriage" first attested c. 1500. Stand-alone phrase no relation "not in the same family" is attested by 1930.

双语例句


1. Watercolour still seems somehow to be the poor relation of oil painting.
水彩画似乎仍比油画略逊一筹。

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2. He had a relation who lived up the road.
他有个亲戚住在这条马路上。

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3. For many software packages, the price bears little relation to cost.
对于很多软件包来说,价钱和成本没有什么联系。

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4. It is a question of the relation of ethics to economics.
这是一个伦理学和经济学的关系问题。

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5. This theory bears no relation to reality.
这个理论和现实没什么联系。

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