possessive + cousin
表示所有关系,常用于介绍亲属。
My cousin lives in Shanghai.
我的表弟住在上海。
堂兄弟姐妹;表兄弟姐妹
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
堂兄弟姐妹;表兄弟姐妹
the child of your aunt or uncle
My cousin lives in Shanghai.
我的表弟住在上海。
主要与限定词一起使用:任何不是直系祖先或后代但属于某人大家庭的亲戚(尤其是远亲);亲属。
Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.
被认为与另一种族或国籍的人密切相关的种族或国籍的人。
A person of an ethnicity or nationality regarded as closely related to someone of another ethnicity or nationality.
用于称呼与自己关系密切的人;也用作这种人的称谓(有时在名字前,首字母大写为Cousin)。
Used as a term of address for someone whom one is close to; also, (preceding a first name, sometimes capitalized as Cousin) a title for such a person.
君主用来称呼另一位君主或贵族;特别是在英国,王室在委任状和令状中用来称呼子爵或更高等级的贵族。
Used by a monarch to address another monarch, or a noble; specifically (UK) in commissions and writs by the Crown: used in this way to address a viscount or another peer of higher rank.
My cousin lives in Shanghai and works as an engineer.
我的表兄住在上海,是一名工程师。
We visited our cousins during the summer holiday.
暑假期间我们去看望了表兄弟姐妹。
Her cousin helped her move into the new apartment.
她的表姐帮她搬进了新公寓。
表示所有关系,常用于介绍亲属。
My cousin lives in Shanghai.
我的表弟住在上海。
双重所有格结构,表示‘我的一个……’。
She is a cousin of mine.
她是我的一个表亲。
表示亲等关系。
He is my first cousin.
他是我的第一代表亲。
Not this
He is my brother.
Use this
He is my cousin.
中文里堂/表兄弟姐妹常被称作“哥哥”“弟弟”“姐姐”“妹妹”,但英语中‘cousin’是性别中立的具体称呼,不能用‘brother’或‘sister’代替。
Not this
My aunt's son is my nephew.
Use this
My aunt's son is my cousin.
‘nephew’指兄弟姐妹的儿子,而‘cousin’指叔叔/阿姨/舅舅/姑姑等兄弟姐妹的孩子。学习者常混淆这两类亲属关系。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
堂表兄弟姐妹
She is my first cousin.
她是我的堂姐。
第二代表亲
My second cousin lives in another city.
我的第二代表亲住在另一个城市。
隔代堂表亲
He is my cousin once removed, the son of my first cousin.
他是我的隔代表亲,是我表姐的儿子。
远房亲戚
We are distant cousins, but we keep in touch.
我们是远房亲戚,但保持联系。
年长的堂表亲
My older cousin helped me with my homework.
我的表哥帮我做作业。
年幼的堂表亲
My younger cousin loves to play video games.
我的表妹喜欢玩电子游戏。
亲密无间的朋友或亲戚(尤指关系密切但非直系)
He's not my brother, but we're kissin' cousins—we grew up together.
他不是我兄弟,但我们是亲密无间的朋友——我们一起长大。
乡下来的亲戚;土里土气的人
When she first visited the big city, she felt like a country cousin.
她第一次到大城市时,感觉自己像个乡下来的亲戚。
表弟,我们去打保龄球吧!
My cousin and I went bowling yesterday.
我和我的表弟昨天去打保龄球了。
他是我的表弟!
I have a cousin who lives in Greece.
我有一个住在希腊的表弟。
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将cousin拆解为co(共同)+us(我们)+in(在),意为“共同在我们家族里的人”,即堂表兄弟姊妹。
中性;常用于家庭或社交场合,指代堂表亲关系。
英语中cousin不区分堂表亲,需通过上下文判断。是可数名词。
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