| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_your-relatives |
| 释义 | your relativesThese are all words used for members of your family, but usually not your parents, children, or siblings. You can refer generally to the people you are related to as your relatives or your extended family. In more formal contexts, you can also call them your relations. All my relatives gather every year for a family reunion. He has a very large extended family. She is a distant relation of his, though I don't quite remember how. Kin is an old-fashioned word for your relatives, though today it is used in the common phrase next of kin to refer to your closest living relative. Next of kin often appears in formal contexts. He remained true to his kin. Please list your next of kin on the form. In English we often talk about relatives on our mother's or father's side of a family. This is a way of referring to all the people you are related to through your mother or your father who are not your siblings or grandparents. The phrase of the family is optional. I have aunts and uncles on my mother's side of the family. She's your aunt? On your mother's or father's side? If you share a common ancestor, for example, a grandparent, with someone, you could call them a blood relation or, more commonly, a blood relative. Are you two blood relatives or related by marriage? The will stipulated that only blood relations would inherit property. If someone is related to you because they or one of their relatives have married someone in your family, you show that by using the phrase in-law after the relation word. For example, your mother-in-law is your spouse's mother, and your father-in-law is your spouse's father. Brother-in-law has a broader use: it can be used to describe the husband of one of your siblings or the brother of your spouse. Sister-in-law is used in the same way. I rather like my mother-in-law. He was my father-in-law, but he loved me as if I were his own son. My sister and my brother-in-law have invited us for Christmas. My husband has three brothers, but I'm closest to the brother-in-law in Kent. Is she your sister or your sister-in-law? We share a last name, but are only sisters-in-law: we married brothers. The sister or sister-in-law of one of your parents is called your aunt. The brother or brother-in-law of one of your parents is called your uncle. There is no gender-neutral term for a sibling of one of your parents. My aunt still sends me birthday cards though my mother passed away years ago. I have uncles on my mother's side of the family. The uncle of one of your parents is called your great-uncle, and the aunt of one of your parents is called your great-aunt. There is no gender-neutral term for a sibling of one of your grandparents. I have four great-uncles, but only two still living. We're going to visit your great-aunt at the weekend. The daughter of one of your siblings, or the daughter of a brother- or sister-in-law, is called your niece. The son of one of your siblings, or the son of a brother- or sister-in-law, is called your nephew. There is no gender-neutral term for a child of one of your siblings or your brothers- or sisters-in-law. My niece is turning five today! My nephew is coming to stay with us for a few days. The child of your aunt or uncle is called your cousin. Cousin can also be used to refer to any child of a distant relative. I have five cousins on my mother's side and three on my father's side. There are specific ways to talk about how closely related you and your cousins are. Your first cousin is the child of an aunt or uncle. Your second cousin is the child of your first cousin. If you are in the same generation as one of your relatives, but are not descended directly from a common ancestor, you can use the adjective removed with words like once and twice to show how many generations back you must go to find a common ancestor. He's my first cousin - my aunt had him when I was just a baby. My first cousin's son is my second cousin. She is my mother's cousin, which makes her my first cousin once removed(= separated by one generation). Related articlesyour parents your child a sibling a grandparent a grandchild |
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