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relation

英 [rɪ'leɪʃ(ə)n] 美[rɪ'leʃən]
  • n. 关系;叙述;故事;亲属关系

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"