relation
英 [r?'le??(?)n]
美[r?'le??n]
- n. 關(guān)系；敘述；故事；親屬關(guān)系
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?relations;
中文詞源
relation 聯(lián)系，關(guān)聯(lián)，親屬，親戚
來自 relate,聯(lián)系，相關(guān)。引申諸相關(guān)詞義。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Watercolour still seems somehow to be the poor relation of oil painting.
- 水彩畫似乎仍比油畫略遜一籌。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He had a relation who lived up the road.
- 他有個親戚住在這條馬路上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. For many software packages, the price bears little relation to cost.
- 對于很多軟件包來說，價錢和成本沒有什么聯(lián)系。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. It is a question of the relation of ethics to economics.
- 這是一個倫理學(xué)和經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的關(guān)系問題。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. This theory bears no relation to reality.
- 這個理論和現(xiàn)實(shí)沒什么聯(lián)系。
來自柯林斯例句