poor relation
基本解释
- 微不足道的人
同根派生
英汉例句
- He spurned a poor relation from one's door.
他把一个穷亲戚从门口一脚踢开。 - Here she was much happier, despite being the poor relation, dependent on charity.
在这儿她生活幸福得多，尽管是由贫弱的亲戚关系和依靠他们的施舍维系。 - For many years energy efficiency was the poor relation to cutting-edge clean technology initiatives like wind and solar.
多年来，能源增效就好像风能和太阳能这样的高端清洁能源的穷亲戚一样不起眼。 - After all, she was the beloved daughter of the house and he but a poor relation.
NPR: Somalia's Farah: Humanizing a Broken Place - Diagnostics have long been the poor relation of higher-profile therapeutics in the health care realm.
FORBES: Magazine Article - Under dictatorships, police were often militarised—and were the poor relation of the armed forces.
ECONOMIST: Crime and policing in Latin America
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- a poor relation 穷亲戚
短语
英英字典
- something or someone similar to but less important than another thing or person, and that people do not consider equally valuable
- If you describe one thing as a poor relation of another, you mean that it is similar to or part of the other thing, but is considered to be inferior to it.