1between people/groups/countries人與人;團體間;國家間ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELATIONSHIP | RELATIONSHIP + VERB | RELATIONSHIP + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤friendly, good, happy, harmonious, healthy, strong友好的/良好的/愉快的/融洽的/健康的/牢固的關係◇They have a very healthy father-son relationship.他們的父子關係很好。➤broken, difficult, failed, fragile, poor, rocky, stormy, strained, troubled, uneasy, volatile破裂的/難弄的/不成功的/脆弱的/糟糕的/不牢靠的/吵鬧不休的/緊張的/有麻煩的/令人不安的/不穩定的關係◇Their relationship has always been a stormy one.他們的關係總是衝突不斷。➤close, intense, intimate, special密切的/熱切的/親密的/特殊的關係◇Britain's special relationship with the US英美兩國的特殊關係➤committed, enduring, lasting, long-standing, long-term, monogamous, permanent, serious, stable, steady堅定的/持久的/持續的/長久的/長期的/一夫一妻的/永久的/認真的/穩固的/穩定的關係◇He was not married, but he was in a stable relationship.他沒有結婚,但和女友關係穩定。➤brief, casual短暫的/隨便的關係▸➤caring, love-hate, loving關懷之關係;愛恨關係;愛的關係➤abusive虐待關係▸➤family, human, interpersonal, one-to-one, personal家庭關係;人際關係;一對一的關係;私人關係▸➤doctor-patient, parent-child, etc.醫患、親子等關係▸➤business, contractual, financial, formal, professional, social, working業務/契約/財務/正式/職業/社會/工作關係➤marital, physical, romantic, sexual婚姻關係;肉體關係;戀愛關係;性關係➤platonic柏拉圖式的關係➤gay, heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian, same-sex同性戀關係;異性戀關係;女同性戀關係➤power權力關係◇The play is about power relationships at work.該劇講的是權力關係是如何起作用的。VERB + RELATIONSHIP➤enjoy, have享有⋯關係;有⋯關係◇They enjoyed a close working relationship.他們的工作關係非常密切。◇The school has a very good relationship with the community.學校與社區的關係非常融洽。◇He had brief relationships with several women.他跟好幾個女人都有過短暫的關係。➤begin, build, build up, cultivate, develop, establish, forge, form, foster開始關係;建立關係;培養關係;發展關係;確立關係;形成關係◇Building strong relationships is essential.建立牢固的關係是很重要的。◇They established a relationship of trust.他們建立了相互信任的關係。➤cement, improve, strengthen鞏固/改善/加強關係▸➤continue, maintain繼續/維持關係▸➤deal with, handle, manage處理關係◇He's not very good at handling personal relationships.他不大善於處理人際關係。➤break off, end斷絕/終止關係◇She broke off the relationship when she found out about his gambling.發現他賭博後,她與他斷絕了關係。➤destroy, ruin破壞關係◇Lack of trust destroys many relationships.缺乏信任會破壞多種關係。RELATIONSHIP + VERB➤exist關係存在◇We want to improve the relationship that exists between the university and industry.我們想改善大學和企業之間的關係。➤deepen, develop, evolve, progress關係深化;關係發展;關係進步▸➤blossom, flourish關係發展良好/越來越好▸➤work關係得以發展◇I tried everything to make our relationship work.我用盡了一切辦法讓我們的關係發展下去。➤continue, last關係繼續/持續下去▸➤deteriorate, go wrong, worsen關係惡化;關係變壞▸➤break down, break up, end, fail關係破裂;關係結束RELATIONSHIP + NOUN➤difficulties, problems關係難題/問題➤breakdown (especially BrE) 關係破裂▸➤goals關係目標➤counsellor/counselor (especially BrE) 關係顧問PREPOSITION➤in a/the relationship處於⋯關係◇In normal human relationships there has to be some give and take.正常的人際關係應該是有來有往的。◇At the moment he isn't in a relationship.目前他的感情生活是空白的。➤relationship among⋯之間的關係◇The focus is on relationships among European countries.焦點在於歐洲各國之間的關係。➤relationship between, relationship to⋯之間的關係;和⋯的關係◇their relationship to each other他們彼此的關係➤relationship with與⋯的關係PHRASES➤the breakdown of a relationship關係破裂▸➤a network of relationships, a web of relationships關係網relationship
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2family connection親屬ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤blood, family, kin, kinship血緣/家庭/親戚/親屬關係➤distant遠親(關係)◇He claimed to have a distant relationship with royalty.他聲稱與王室有遠親關係。PREPOSITION➤relationship between⋯之間的親屬關係◇'What's the relationship between you and Tony?' 'He's my cousin.'“你和托尼是什麼關係?”“他是我堂兄。”➤relationship to和⋯的親屬關係◇What relationship are you to Pat?你是帕特的什麼人?relationship
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3connection between two or more things聯繫ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELATIONSHIP | RELATIONSHIP + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤close密切的關聯◇There's a close relationship between increased money supply and inflation.貨幣供應的增加與通貨膨脹有密切的關聯。➤direct直接關聯▸➤clear清晰的關聯▸➤complex, complicated複雜的關聯▸➤significant重要的關聯▸➤true真正的關聯▸➤particular特別的關係▸➤inverse, negative負向的關係;負相關◇the inverse relationship between gas consumption and air temperature汽油消耗量與氣溫的反向關係➤positive正相關▸➤causal, dynamic, reciprocal, symbiotic因果/動態的/互惠的/共生關係◇the symbiotic relationship between corals and algae珊瑚與水藻的共生關係➤linear, spatial線性/空間關係▸➤economic, functional, legal經濟聯繫;職能關係;法律關係▸➤natural, organic自然的關係;有機的關聯▸➤symbolic象徵性的關係VERB + RELATIONSHIP➤bear, have有關係;相關聯◇The fee bears little relationship to the service provided.這項收費與提供的服務沒有多大關係。➤analyze, assess, evaluate, examine, explore, investigate, look at, study分析/評估/評價/檢查/探究/調查/觀察/研究關係◇His latest book examines the relationship between spatial awareness and mathematical ability.他在其最新著作中探究了空間想像能力與數學學習能力之間的關係。➤determine, discover, establish, find確定關係;發現關係;建立關係;找到關聯◇They discovered a relationship between depression and lack of sunlight.他們發現了情緒低落與缺乏日照之間的關聯。➤demonstrate, show表明關係;顯示關聯▸➤see, understand看出關係;瞭解關聯➤describe描述關係RELATIONSHIP + VERB➤exist關聯存在◇No statistically significant relationship existed between the occurrences.從統計數據上看,這些事件之間並不存在重要的關聯。➤emerge關聯出現◇A clear relationship emerged in the study between happiness and level of education.研究發現,幸福與受教育程度之間存在着明顯的關聯。PREPOSITION➤in a/the relationship在關係中◇The different varieties of the language are in a dynamic relationship with each other.這種語言的不同變體間存在着動態的聯繫。➤relationship among⋯之間的關聯◇Our research will explore the relationships among these variables.我們的研究將探索這些變量之間的關係。➤relationship between⋯之間的關聯◇I can't see the relationship between the figures and the diagram.我看不出這些數字與圖表之間的關聯。➤relationship to和⋯的關係◇the relationship of a parasite to its host寄生蟲和寄主的關係➤relationship with與⋯的關係PHRASES➤the nature of the relationship關係的本質▸➤stand in a... relationship to sth處於⋯的關係中◇Women and men stand in a different relationship to language.男女在語言方面存在差異。