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(lái)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(yǔ)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。

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2. He had a relation who lived up the road.
他有個(gè)親戚住在這條馬路上。

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3. For many software packages, the price bears little relation to cost.
對(duì)于很多軟件包來(lái)說(shuō),價(jià)錢和成本沒(méi)有什么聯(lián)系。

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4. It is a question of the relation of ethics to economics.
這是一個(gè)倫理學(xué)和經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的關(guān)系問(wèn)題。

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5. This theory bears no relation to reality.
這個(gè)理論和現(xiàn)實(shí)沒(méi)什么聯(lián)系。

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