relation
英 [r?'le??(?)n]
美[r?'le??n]
- n. 关系；叙述；故事；亲属关系
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词态变化
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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