单词 | relationship |
释义 | relationship /ri lay"sheuhn ship'/, n. 1. a connection, association, or involvement. 2. connection between persons by blood or marriage. 3. an emotional or other connection between people: the relationship between teachers and students. 4. a sexual involvement; affair. [1735-45; RELATION + -SHIP] Syn. 1. dependence, alliance, kinship. 2. affinity, consanguinity. RELATIONSHIP, KINSHIP refer to connection with others by blood or by marriage. RELATIONSHIP can be applied to connection either by birth or by marriage: relationship to a ruling family. KINSHIP generally denotes common descent and implies a more intimate connection than relationship: the ties and obligations of kinship. |
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