释义 |
Examples:long-distance relationship—(fig.) break off (a relationship)—fig. a May-December relationship—relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family—close relationship as between fish and water—fig. very close relationship—half-sibling relationship—fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)—predestined affinity or relationship—family relationship via females—fig. the lowest point (e.g. of a relationship)—unnatural relationship (parricide, incest etc)—say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear—carry on intimately with (idiom); ardent relationship (esp. between lovers)—(dialect) treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc [idiom.]—family-like close relationship [idiom.]—parent-child relationship n —"break-up agent", person who acts for sb. who wishes terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so—(slang) have an intimate relationship with sb.—parent-child (relationship)—treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them [idiom.]—sb. who is romantically involved with sb. already in a committed relationship—predestined relationship—(indicates causal relation)—without fear of impairing personal relation—firm resolution break off a relation—equation expressing a relation—equivalence relation (math.)—a relative (i.e. family relation)—lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the different parts—fig. speech bearing no relation reality—close relation, no gap (idiom); intimate and nothing can come between— |