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one's kindred
kindred 作名词时常用所有格表示亲属关系。
She invited all her kindred to the wedding.
她邀请了她所有的亲属来参加婚礼。
亲属；亲戚；家人
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亲属；亲戚；家人
Relatives collectively; one's family or kin.
She invited all her kindred to the wedding.
她邀请了她所有的亲属来参加婚礼。
远近亲属的总称；亲属。
Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
血缘或婚姻关系的人群
group of people related by blood or marriage
同族的人,不包括说话者；同胞。
People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
亲属群体。
A grouping of relatives.
All his kindred were invited to the family reunion.
他所有的亲属都被邀请参加家庭聚会。
She felt a deep sense of kindred with the other survivors.
她与其他幸存者感到一种深厚的亲属般的联系。
Many kindreds from different tribes gathered for the ceremony.
来自不同部落的许多亲属群体聚集参加仪式。
kindred 作名词时常用所有格表示亲属关系。
She invited all her kindred to the wedding.
她邀请了她所有的亲属来参加婚礼。
The kindred of the deceased gathered for the reading of the will.
逝者的亲属聚集在一起听宣读遗嘱。
此结构表示同宗关系。
Although they live far apart, they are of the same kindred.
尽管他们住得很远，但他们属于同一家族。
Not this
He is my kindred.
Use this
He is my relative.
‘kindred’ 是集体名词或抽象名词，指家族或亲戚关系，不用于指单个亲属。应使用 ‘relative’ 或 ‘kin’，但 ‘kin’ 也常作集体名词。
Not this
I have many kindreds in my hometown.
Use this
I have many relatives in my hometown.
‘kindred’ 表示亲戚集合时通常不加复数（类似 ‘family’，但更书面），且 ‘kindreds’ 罕见且不自然。表示多个亲戚应使用 ‘relatives’。
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近亲
All his near kindred attended the reunion.
他所有的近亲都参加了团聚。
远亲
She found distant kindred through a genealogy website.
她通过一个家谱网站找到了远亲。
血缘亲属
They are kindred by blood, but they have never met.
他们是血缘亲属，但从未见过面。
志趣相投的人；知己
When I met her, I knew she was a kindred spirit.
当我遇见她时，我知道她是志趣相投的人。
情投意合的人并不像我过去以为的那样稀少。世界上到处都是。
In her, I found a kindred.
在她身上，我找到了同类。
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kindred 以 kin 开头，kin 就是亲人；red 是红色——亲人流着相同的血，同族亲属。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品中、正式书面语、谈论家族或祖先时 kindred 作名词表示“亲属”或“同族”，比较正式，多用于文学或庄重的书面场合；日常口语中更常说 relatives 或 family。
作可数名词时，指有血缘或婚姻关系的群体；但常作为集合名词使用，此时视为单数。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.