1 N-COUNT [usually plural] (人、团体或国家之间的)联系，关系，往来 Relations between people, groups, or countries are contacts between them and the way in which they behave towards each other. (人、团体或国家之间的)联系，关系，往来
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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。
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Apparently relations between husband and wife had not improved.
很明显夫妇之间的关系没有改善。
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The company has a track record of good employee relations.
公司有员工关系良好的记录。
2See also:industrial relations public relations race relations
3 N-COUNT [usually singular] (两者之间的)关系，联系，关联 If you talk about the relation of one thing to another, you are talking about the ways in which they are connected. (两者之间的)关系，联系，关联 [Also + to/between]
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It is a question of the relation of ethics to economics. [+ of]
这是一个伦理学和经济学的关系问题。
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...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
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This theory bears no relation to reality.
这个理论和现实没什么联系。
SYN similarity, link, bearing, bond
4 N-COUNT 亲戚;亲属;家庭成员 Your relations are the members of your family. 亲戚;亲属;家庭成员
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...visits to friends and relations.
拜访亲友
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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)。
6 PREP-PHRASE 与…相比 You can talk about something in relation to something else when you want to compare the size, condition, or position of the two things. 与…相比
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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。
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...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
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You are given a map so that you can see where your villa is in relation to the swimming pool.
你会拿到一张地图，这样你就能了解自己的别墅与游泳池的相对位置。
7 PREP-PHRASE 关于;涉及 If something is said or done in relation to a subject, it is said or done in connection with that subject. 关于;涉及
Quotations
Relations are simply a tedious pack of people who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live nor the smallest instinct about when to die Oscar Wilde
| Word Partnership | Use relation with: |
| PREP. | relation between someone/something and someone/something 1 relation of something to something 2 in relation to something 4 5 |
| VERB. | bear a relation 2 |
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