表兄弟:cousin怎麼用
Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige, my friend.
——Birdman
聲望與威信形影不離,我的朋友。
——《鳥人》
一、下面我們來看看cousin有幾種含義
n.
1.堂(表)兄弟姊妹 a child of your aunt or uncle
I'm hoping to go and stay with my cousin Tom over Christmas.
我希望到我表哥湯姆那兒去過聖誕節。
2.遠親,同輩 a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you
A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.
遠親不如近鄰。
3.對等的人(或物),相關的人(或物)a person of a race or people ethnically or culturally related
The average European kitchen is smaller than its American cousin.
歐式的廚房一般比美式廚房小。
二、下面我們來學習一下含有cousin的常見短語
second cousin
第二代堂兄妹,第二代表兄妹
first cousin
第一代堂兄妹,第一代表兄妹
full cousin
堂[表]兄弟或姐妹
kissing cousin
n. 過從甚密相見時可接吻致意的遠親 相見時可以接吻致意的遠親 可以配成對的東西 可以和諧相處的人
三、最後,來做個小測試
He factored his ______'s estate for five years.
他經管他表兄弟的財產有五年之久。