ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELATIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤close, near近親◇The succession passed to the nearest surviving relative.繼承權傳給在世的關係最近的親屬。➤distant遠親▸➤blood, family血親;家庭成員◇If you die without a will, only a husband, wife, children and blood relatives are entitled to inherit your property.如果去世時沒立遺囑,只有丈夫、妻子、子女及血親才能繼承財產。➤immediate直系親屬◇The deceased's immediate relatives will inherit her estate.死者的直系親屬將繼承她的財產。➤living, surviving在世的/依然健在的親屬➤deceased已故親屬▸➤elderly, old上了年紀的/年老的親戚▸➤young年輕的親戚▸➤female, male女性/男性親屬➤long-lost長久不見的親戚◇He greeted me like a long-lost relative.他跟我打招呼,就像久未見面的親戚一樣。➤poor (oftenfigurative) 同類中較次者◇He believes that interior design is the poor relative of (= inferior to) architecture.他認為室內裝潢設計較建築學來說要低一等。➤dependent (especially BrE) 受扶養的親戚◇the increase in dependent elderly relatives需要扶養的老年親戚的增多➤disabled, ill, sick傷殘的親戚;有病的親戚◇people who care for a sick or disabled relative照料病殘親戚的人➤bereaved, grieving (both especially BrE) 剛剛喪失親人的/悲慟的親屬VERB + RELATIVE➤have有親戚◇I have no parents or close relatives.我沒有父母或近親。➤lose失去親人◇an organization that helps people who have lost relatives (= whose relatives have died)專門幫助失去親人者的機構➤care for, give support to, help, look after, support, take care of (especially NAmE) 照料親屬;供養親屬;幫助親屬;贍養親屬◇She's caring for an elderly relative.她正照料一個年邁的親戚。➤live with與親戚住在一起▸➤stay with, visit暫時住在親戚家;拜訪親戚▸➤find, trace (especially BrE) 找到/查找親屬◇The police are trying to find the relatives of the deceased.警方正試圖尋找死者的親屬。➤contact, inform聯繫/告知親屬◇The names of the victims are being withheld until the relatives have been informed.受害者名單要在通知其親屬後才公佈。PHRASES➤friends and relatives, friends or relatives親戚朋友◇an intimate reception for close friends and relatives宴請親朋好友的私人招待會➤a relative by marriage姻親
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