relation
英 [rɪ'leɪʃ(ə)n]
美[rɪ'leʃən]
- n. 关系；叙述；故事；亲属关系
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。
英英释意
- 1. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
- 2. the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
- 3. a person related by blood or marriage;
- "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"
- "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
- 4. an act of narration;
- "he was the hero according to his own relation"
- "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
- 5. (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time;
- "his attorney argued for the relation back of the ammended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed"
- 6. (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups;
- "international relations"
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.
同义词辨析
relative, relation
这两个名词均有"亲戚，亲属"之意。
relative： 普通用词，常可与relation换用，有时指一般的亲戚。
relation： 一般指因血统或婚烟关系形成的亲戚。
考试真题
- may be better at solving puzzlescan memorize things with more easemay have greater facility in abstract reasoningcan put what they have learnt into more effective usefind ways to slow down our mental declinefind ways to boost our memoriesunderstand the complex process of mental functioningunderstand the relation between physical and mental healthThe most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- But too often collateral ( ' , 附随的 ) consequences bear no relation to public safety.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- We're asking the customers to specify what they want," said Craig Prusher, the chain's vice president of government relations.
出自-2012年12月听力原文
- But too often collateral (附随的) consequences bear no relation to public safety.
2015年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- The common theme of the UN reports is the relation between environmental protection and economic growth.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- It is fine and healthy for teens to cultivate their personal interests, and it is good news when young people enjoy harmonious relations with their family and friends.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- How much is today's spirit of harmony a change from our more turbulent past? A mere generation ago, parentchild relations were described as the generation gap.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- Frederick's central idea, that stove, sink and kitchen table must be placed in such a relation that useless steps are avoided entirely, inspired the first fully fitted kitchen, designed in the 1920s by Margarete Schütter-Libotsky.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- A recent article in The Harvard Crimson noted the shocking growth of Harvard's public relations arm in the last five years and it questioned whether a focus on risk management and avoiding controversy was really the best outward-looking face of this great institution.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
- They attach too much importance to public relations
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
- Their lives in relation to Obama's presidency.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
- relations between whites and African Americans may become tense again
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
- Frederick's central idea, that "stove, sink and kitchen table must be placed in such a relation that useless steps are avoided entirely", inspired the first fully fitted kitchen,designed in the 1920s by Margarete Schütter-Libotsky.
2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C
- Second, they rely on a system that has long been marked by a poor relation between national health and social care services.
2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
- Corporate and institutional office designers often struggle to resolve a number of competing and often conflicting demands, including budgetary limits, employee hierarchies, and technological innovationespecially in relation to computerization.
2015年高考英语上海卷 选词填空 原文
- Determining where we are in relation to our surroundings remains an essential skill for our survival.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文
- Those who had done the most boyhood activities were twice as likely to have warm relations with a wide variety of people, five times as likely to be well paid and 16 times less likely to have been unemployed.
2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
- Whereas Greenbergian universality predicts strong co-dependencies between particular types of word-order relations.
出自-2012年考研翻译原文
- Composure is a state of mind made possible by the structuring of one’s relation to one’s environment.
出自-2013年考研翻译原文
- What is in question is not the retrieval of an absolute, fixed or “true” meaning that can be read off and clocked for accuracy, or some timeless relation of the text to the world.
出自-2015年考研阅读原文
词组搭配
in relation to
in the context of; in connection with
关于
there is an ambiguity in the provisions in relation to children's hearings.
关于儿童出席审讯的条款中有一意义不甚明确之处。
实用场景例句
- diplomatic/international/foreign relations
- 外交 / 国际 / 对外关系
牛津词典
- US-Chinese relations
- 美中关系
牛津词典
- Relations with neighbouring countries are under strain at present.
- 目前，与邻国的关系正处于紧张状态。
牛津词典
- We seek to improve relations between our two countries.
- 我们寻求改进我们两国间的关系。
牛津词典
- teacher-pupil relations
- 师生关系
牛津词典
- (formal)to have sexual relations (= to have sex)
- 发生性关系
牛津词典
- the relation between rainfall and crop yields
- 降雨量和农作物产量之间的关系
牛津词典
- the relation of the farmer to the land
- 农民和土地的关系
牛津词典
- The fee they are offering bears no relation to the amount of work involved.
- 他们支付的酬金和所需的工作量无关。
牛津词典
- (formal)I have some comments to make in relation to (= concerning) this matter.
- 关于这件事我有几点看法。
牛津词典
- Its brain is small in relation to (= compared with) its body.
- 和它的身体相比，它的大脑很小。
牛津词典
- a close/near/distant relation of mine
- 我的一位近亲 / 远亲
牛津词典
- a relation by marriage
- 姻亲
牛津词典
- a party for friends and relations
- 亲戚朋友的聚会
牛津词典
- He's called Brady too, but we're no relation (= not related) .
- 他也叫布雷迪，但我们不是亲戚。
牛津词典
- Is he any relation to you?
- 他是你的什么亲戚吗？
牛津词典
- Greece has established full diplomatic relations with Israel...
- 希腊已经和以色列建立了全面的外交关系。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Apparently relations between husband and wife had not improved...
- 很明显夫妇之间的关系没有改善。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a relation between youthful unemployment and drug-related offences...
- 年轻人失业与毒品相关犯罪之间的关联
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...visits to friends and relations...
- 拜访亲友
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- In America they are touting Hugh Grant as the next Cary Grant (no relation).
- 在美国，他们把休·格兰特吹捧为第二个加里·格兰特(两人并无亲属关系)。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The money he'd been ordered to pay was minimal in relation to his salary.
- 他被要求支付的金额与他的薪水相比微不足道。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...women's position in relation to men in the context of the family...
- 在家庭范围内女人相对于男人的位置
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a question which has been asked many times in relation to Irish affairs...
- 被问过多次的关于爱尔兰事务的问题
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He is the sixth person to be arrested in relation to the coup plot.
- 他是政变阴谋牵涉到的第6个被捕的人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The close intergrowth and interdependent relation exist in mass media and social structure.
- 大众传播和社会结构存在着紧密共生和相互依存的关系.
期刊摘选
- Her relation with her aunt superficial as that of chance lodgers who pass on the stairs.
- 姑母和她的关系象经常在楼梯上相遇,同居一栋楼里的寄宿者一样疏远.
期刊摘选
- And the article refers also the relation of Burckhart's thinking with Schopenhauer's philosophy.
- 而这个部分也提及布氏此种历史思想,与叔本华意志哲学之间的关系.
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