| 词汇 | kinsman |
| 释义 | kinsman noun[ C ] formal or old useuk /ˈkɪnz.mən/ us /ˈkɪnz.mən/plural-menuk /ˈkɪnz.mən/ us /ˈkɪnz.mən/ a man who belongs to the same family as someone else家属;亲属;亲戚 Family: relations in general anti-family aunt auntie baby daddy baby mama family man father fatherhood filial filially kinship kinswoman kith and kin long-lost loved one relationship relative removed second cousin sib Examples of kinsmankinsman Men were widowers (16), other kinsmen (6) and married men, probably remarried widowers (3). The local doctor found us a dressing room used by residents, little more than a closet, and left us there with our kinsman. This preference to work with ethnic peers in general, and with kinsmen in particular, does not yet explain the outcome of business transactions. The strong family and chapel-based society stood accused of nepotism by urban dwellers but loyalty to kinsmen and known background remained important. He directed his attention to the people there like a kinsman. With the support or simply the acquiescence of kinsmen, women are gradually pushing against boundaries that are no longer viable. That is, the parties to the dispute were simultaneously co-villagers, kinsmen, co-religionists, neighbors on the land and in the housing area, and related by marriage. There man seemed to be successfully initiated into a shamanic career and became a headman in his village where his kinsmen had become old. In 52% of cases when the land was transferred to a kinsman it involved the payment of a sum of money. The concept of thangata in this sense refers to the voluntary and reciprocal co-operation among kinsmen, affines, friends or neighbours. By viewing these visual representations, they broke away from their claustrophobic life forever surrounded by people, kinsmen, attendants and foes. They persuade a distant kinsman of the woman to secretly set up a marriage contract and at night, to the sound of drums, break down the door and enter. If one of a tribe's members is wronged or attacked, this set of kinsmen must either take revenge on the aggressor or seek and receive compensation. They were, rather, the earls' kinsmen. Kato explains that the kaishaku at the commission of harakiri was a kinsman or special friend of the condemned. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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