relationship
noun[C]
uk/rɪˈleɪ.ʃən.ʃɪp/us/rɪˈleɪ.ʃən.ʃɪp/relationshipnoun[C](CONNECTION)
B2
the way in which two things areconnected:
关系；联系；关联Scientists haveestablishedthe relationshipbetweenlungcancerandsmoking.科学家们已经证明了肺癌和吸烟之间的联系。
- Her relationship isn't good with herfather, but she's verycloseto hermother.
- Lack oftrustis verydestructivein a relationship.
- The relationship was never going towork, but it wasfunwhile itlasted.
- What do youlookfor in a relationship?
- Sheknewhefanciedher, butpreferredtokeeptheirrelationshipplatonic.
Linking and relating
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain tosomething
- applicable
- around
- attach
- bond
- concern
- interconnected
- interconnectedness
- interconnection
- intercorrelate
- intercorrelation
- relatable
- relate tosomeone/something
- relation
- relative
- relink
- tar
- tie
relationshipnoun[C](FRIENDSHIP)
B1
the way in which two or morepeoplefeelandbehavetowards each other:
（人们彼此的）关系，感情关系He has a very good relationshipwithhisuncle.他和他叔叔的感情很深。
B1
acloseromanticfriendshipbetween twopeople, often asexualone:
浪漫关系；情爱关系；（常指）性关系Have you had anyseriousrelationships in the pastyear?过去一年中你有没有正经八百地同谁谈过恋爱？
a love/hate relationship
a relationship in which you havefeelingsofloveandhatefor someone or something
又爱又恨的关系（或感受）Relationships: general words
- affiliative
- bond
- bromance
- communion
- dalliance
- date night
- establish
- interfamily
- interpersonal
- intimate
- intimately
- involved
- kinship
- platonic
- re-establish
- reconnect
- reconnection
- relation
- tie
- well connected
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Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
relationshipnoun[C](FAMILY CONNECTION)
thefamilyconnectionbetweenpeople:
亲属关系；家属关系；姻亲关系Thejudgeaskedthewitnesswhat the relationship was between her and thevictim.法官问证人她跟受害者有什么亲戚关系。
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