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be kin to sb
表示与某人有血缘或姻亲关系。
She is kin to the famous actor.
她与那位著名演员有亲戚关系。
亲属；家属；家族
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亲属；家属；家族
one's family and relatives; kindred
She is kin to the famous actor.
她与那位著名演员有亲戚关系。
种族；家族；品种；种类
Race; family; breed; kind.
与他人有亲属关系的人
a person having kinship with another or others
同种族或家庭的人；亲属
Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
有血缘或婚姻关系的一群人
group of people related by blood or marriage
I'm looking forward to seeing all my kin at the family reunion.
我期待在家庭聚会上见到所有亲戚。
AI contextual example
She has no living kin, so she spends holidays with friends.
她没有在世的亲戚，所以她和朋友一起过节。
AI contextual example
They discovered they were distant kin through a genealogy website.
他们通过家谱网站发现自己是远亲。
AI contextual example
he's kin
他是亲戚。
WordNet
表示与某人有血缘或姻亲关系。
She is kin to the famous actor.
她与那位著名演员有亲戚关系。
固定短语，指法律上的最近亲属。
The hospital contacted her next of kin.
医院联系了她最近的亲属。
所有格形式，泛指某人的亲属整体。
He moved to be closer to his kin.
他搬到了离他亲人更近的地方。
Not this
All my kins are coming to the party.
Use this
All my kin are coming to the party.
Kin 是集合名词，本身已表示复数含义，通常不加 -s。中文的“亲戚”可加“们”，但英文中“kin”不加 -s。
Not this
What kin of food do you like?
Use this
What kind of food do you like?
Kin 和 kind 发音相似，但含义不同。Kin 指亲属，kind 指种类。此处需用 kind 表示类型。
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最近亲属
Please notify the next of kin in case of an emergency.
如遇紧急情况，请通知最近亲属。
亲朋好友
He invited all his kith and kin to the wedding.
他邀请了所有的亲朋好友来参加婚礼。
近亲
Only close kin were allowed to visit the patient.
只有近亲才被允许探望病人。
远亲
She discovered some distant kin through a genealogy website.
她通过一个家谱网站找到了一些远亲。
亲友
She invited all her kith and kin to the wedding.
她邀请了所有亲友参加婚礼。
近亲
In case of emergency, please notify the next of kin.
遇到紧急情况，请通知近亲。
近亲
He is considered near of kin to the deceased.
他被视为死者的近亲。
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记忆：kin发音类似'亲'，所以意为亲戚。
常用于正式、文学或法律语境，如'next of kin'，在日常口语中较少使用。
通常视为复数名词，如 'his kin are...'
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