词组 | relation |
释义 | relation /rɪˈleɪʃən/ noun 1. the relationship between people, organizations, and countriesGrammarAlways plural in this meaning.adjectives/nouns + relationclose relations The university has close relations with local companies.good/friendly relations He had begun to establish friendly relations with the other workers. | Relations between neighbours on the estate are very good.strained relations (=not good) The strained relations between Russia and Japan became even worse.race relations (=between people of different races) Race relations are good in this area.industrial relations also labour relations BrE labor relations AmE (=between managers and workers) Industrial relations have improved, and there have been no more strikes.diplomatic/international/foreign relations (=between countries) By then, Canada and Britain had established diplomatic relations with North Korea. | The president’s visit will be good for international relations.community relations (=between different groups in society) Two police officers are responsible for community relations in the area.customer relations (=between a company and its customers) All staff have training in customer relations.public relations (=between an organization and the public) The affair was disastrous in terms of public relations.verbshave ... relations Britain and the US have had friendly relations for a very long time.enjoy good/close etc relations (=have good, close etc relations) For years, the company enjoyed good relations with its workers.break off/sever relations (=end them) The US broke off all relations with Cuba. | Britain threatened to break off diplomatic relations with the regime.establish/develop relations The company has tried to establish relations with several universities.maintain relations The Indian government wants to maintain good relations with China.restore/resume relations (=begin them again after they were stopped or interrupted) Britain agreed to restore full diplomatic relations with Libya.improve relations In his speech, he emphasized the need to improve relations with neighbouring countries.strain/sour relations (=make them less friendly) The dispute has soured relations between the two countries.relations improve Relations between us have improved significantly.relations deteriorate (=they get worse) Relations deteriorated and they refused to speak to each other.prepositionsrelations with sb His relations with his family were never very good.relations between sb (and sb) Relations between the two countries have improved recently. | Relations between workers and management are generally good.relations among sb There are excellent relations among the workers.2. a member of your familyadjectives/nouns + relationa close relation (=a brother, parent, aunt etc) Her son is her only close relation who is still alive.a distant relation (=one who is not close) He was some distant relation of the King of Spain.a blood relation (=one related by birth not marriage) Harry and I are not blood relations – I’m married to his brother.prepositionsa relation to sb What relation are you to Jessica?phrasesno relation (=used for saying someone is not related to another person) Mark Knight works for Sharon Knight (no relation).a relation by marriage She’s a relation by marriage because she married my cousin.friends and relations We miss our friends and relations in the UK.3. a connection between thingsadjectivesa close relation Business and technology have a close relation with each other.a direct relation There is no longer a direct relation between the cost of a product and its quality.a possible relation He wrote about smoking and its possible relation with lung cancer.a causal relation formal (=between one thing and the thing that causes it) Is there a causal relation between exercise and sleep?prepositionssth’s relation to sth It’s an article on emotional well-being and its relation to health.the relation between sth (and sth) The relation between mind and body is important in philosophy.in relation to sth formal (=when compared with something) Women’s earnings are still low in relation to men’s.phraseshave/bear no relation to sth (=not be connected to something) These theories bear no relation to what children are really like.have/bear little relation to sth The story bears little relation to historical fact. |
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