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单词 nephew
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nephew
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnef.juː//ˈnev.juː/us
/ˈnef.juː//ˈnev.juː/
B1
asonofyoursisterorbrother, or asonof thesisterorbrotherofyourhusbandorwife
侄子；外甥
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niece
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
your relatives
  • relativeAll my relatives gather every year for a family reunion.
  • extended familyHe has a very large extended family.
  • relationShe is a distant relation of his, though I don't quite remember how.
  • kinHe remained true to his kin.
  • mother's/father's side (of the family)I have aunts and uncles on my mother's side of the family.
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Examples
  • Hehittheheadlinestwoyearsago when he wasarrestedforsellingdrugsto theprimeminister's nephew.
  • They weremurmuringabout the boss's nephew getting thejob.
  • She'd always had asoftspotfor heryoungernephew.
  • Iwatchedmy two-year-old nephewtoddlingaround after hispuppy.
  • I took my two-yearoldnephew down to thebeachwith hisbucketandspade.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Family: relations in general
  • anti-family
  • aunt
  • auntie
  • baby daddy
  • biologically
  • father
  • fatherhood
  • filial
  • first cousin
  • fraternal
  • kinship
  • kinsman
  • kinswoman
  • kith and kin
  • long-lost
  • relative
  • removed
  • second cousin
  • sib
  • sibling
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(Definition ofnephewfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

nephew| American Dictionary

nephew
noun[C]
us
/ˈnef·ju/
asonof someone’sbrotherorsister, or asonof someone’s husband’s or wife’ssisterorbrother
(Definition ofnephewfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnephew

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The maternal uncle might come and take thenephewout of his paternal household.
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Her nephew's wife had come up to help her after the fall and would come up again to get her settled into residential care.
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When anephewwas a suitor as well as a dependant, he worked even more for his uncle.
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The relationships with nieces and nephews of those survivors who had married but had no children seemed to be associated with considerations of inheritance.
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Only two survivors claimed in 1999 to see a niece ornephewweekly.
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He had no phone but went to the pay phone to call hisnephewevery week.
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Within these categories, patterns of relationships with children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews are described.
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The bachelor uncle cares about his nieces and nephews.
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This system may allow more variations in the disposal of assets, since more kin categories, such as siblings, grandchildren, nephews and nieces, are often beneficiaries.
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In the last group, the carers were a neighbour, a son, a son and daughter-in-law, and anephewand a niece.
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In these cases, nieces and nephews seem to substitute for the absence of nearby daughters or sons.
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The first is that in the hypothetical, both nephews are children.
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In regard to older people, these included only adult children, and not siblings, nieces or nephews, or grandchildren.
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There appeared to be a slight preference among single women for nieces over nephews.
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A third family linked to the nephew's family by marriage came.
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