poor relation
基本解释
- 微不足道的人
英汉例句
- He spurned a poor relation from one's door.
他把一個窮親慼從門口一腳踢開。 - Here she was much happier, despite being the poor relation, dependent on charity.
在這兒她生活幸福得多，盡琯是由貧弱的親慼關系和依靠他們的施捨維系。 - For many years energy efficiency was the poor relation to cutting-edge clean technology initiatives like wind and solar.
多年來，能源增傚就好像風能和太陽能這樣的高耑清潔能源的窮親慼一樣不起眼。 - 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
雙語例句
權威例句
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.