kinsfolk

英 [ˈkɪnzfəʊk]

美 [ˈkɪnzfoʊk]

n.  (统称个人的)亲戚，亲属

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牛津词典

noun

• （统称个人的）亲戚，亲属
  a person's relatives

柯林斯词典

The spellings kinfolk, and sometimes in American English kinfolks are also used. 亦拼作kinfolk，美国英语中有时亦拼作kinfolks。


• N-PLURAL 亲戚；亲属
  Yourkinsfolkorkinfolkare the people who are related to you.
  1. Poor Emily. Her kinsfolk should come to her...
     可怜的埃米莉，她的亲人应该到她这来。
  2. I sent my other son to the country to stay with kinfolk.
     我把另一个儿子送到乡下和亲戚住在一起。

英英释义

noun

• people descended from a common ancestor
  1. his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
  Synonym:familyfamily linefolkkinfolkseptphratry

双语例句

• How hast thou behaved hitherto to the gods, thy parents, brethren, children, teachers, to those who looked after thy infancy, to thy friends, kinsfolk, to thy slaves?
  你从此将如何表现于神灵、你的父母、兄弟、孩子、教师、那些从小照顾你的人、你的朋友、同胞以及你的奴隶呢？
• The conceptual structure of Chinese address words have two dimensions, one is kinsfolk/ non-kinsfolk, the other is generations.
  汉语称呼语的概念结构有两个维度，其一是亲属/非亲属，其二是辈分。
• But he said kinsfolk was kinsfolk, and promises was promises, so he'd go for a day or so, and then it would be over.
  可是他说亲戚到底是亲戚，既然答应了去，就只能去一趟，住上一两天也就算了。
• Special kinsfolk address words;
  特殊亲属称呼语；
• Then came the news that Ellen's own marriage had ended in disaster, and that she was herself returning home to seek rest and oblivion among her kinsfolk.
  这时，人们不禁纳闷，她那富有的侄女怎么不伸出手来帮帮她。后来又传来了埃伦本人婚姻不幸终结的消息，她自己也要回家，到亲属中求得安息与忘却。
• The inheritance of property is the most substantive issue in the family relationship. It concerns interests of each kinsfolk.
  财产继承往往是家庭继承关系中最实质问题，它关涉到每个家庭成员的切身利益。
• Loanword is the inevitable result of language contact. Mongolian Kinsfolk appellation words of Chinese loanword reflect the characteristics of marriage influence between Mongolian and Han.
  借词是语言接触的必然结果，蒙古语亲属称谓词中的汉语借词反映了蒙、汉两个民族在婚姻家庭层面上的影响特点。
• The event of Tess Durbeyfield's return from the manor of her bogus kinsfolk was rumoured abroad, if rumour be not too large a word for a space of a square mile.
  苔丝·德北菲尔德从她那个冒牌本家回来了这件事，已经四处传说开了，如果说在一英里方圆的地面上使用传说这个词不算太大的话。
• But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
  以为他在同行的人中间，走了一天的路程，就在亲族和熟识的人中找他。
• Natasha did not care for society in general, but she greatly prized the society of her kinsfolk& of Countess Marya, her brother, her mother, and Sonya.
  一般说来，娜塔莎不喜欢交际，但她很重视亲戚的来往，珍惜同玛丽亚伯爵夫人、哥哥、母亲和索尼娅的来往。