cousin读音:英 [ˈkʌzn] 美 ['kʌzn]
n.
一、堂兄弟;堂姐妹;表兄弟;表姐妹;参见:first cousin;second cousin
例句:
1、My cousin Mark helped me.
我的堂兄麦克帮了我。
2、We are cousins.
我们是表亲。
3、second cousin
第二代堂兄妹,第二代表兄妹
4、full cousin
堂[表]兄弟或姐妹
二、远房堂兄弟;远房堂姐妹;远房表兄弟;远房表姐妹
三、同类人;同性质的人
例句:
Whereas West Germans drink wine, their Eastern cousins prefer schnapps.
西德人喝葡萄酒,而他们的东德同胞则喜欢喝杜松子酒。
四、同类物;对等物
例句:
1、The average European kitchen is smaller than its American cousin.
欧式的厨房一般比美式厨房小。
2、misanthropy and its cousin racism
憎恨人类和它的近亲种族主义
扩展资料:
同义词
counterpart
英 [ˈkaʊntəpɑ:t] 美 [ˈkaʊntərpɑ:rt]
n.副本;配对物;相对物;极相似的人或物
复数: counterparts
记忆技巧:counter 反对;相反 + part 部分 → 相对应的部分 → 对应的人或物
例句:
1、The Finnish organization was very different from that of its counterparts in the rest of the Nordic region.
芬兰的这一机构和北欧其他国家的同类机构迥然不同。
2、The President had talks during a brief stopover in Lisbon with his Portuguese counterpart
总统在里斯本作短暂停留期间和葡萄牙总统进行了会
3、The Secretary of State and his Russian counterpart met to try to nail down the elusive accord.
美国国务卿和俄罗斯外交部长进行了会晤,试图敲定这项难以达成的协议。
4、It is not a unique instance, but has its counterpart.
无独有偶。
5、The manager phoned his counterpart in the other firm.
经理给另一家公司的经理打了电话。