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

• The address words for elder kinsfolk;
  指称二层亲属关系长辈的称呼语；
• These are the clan leaders and their kinsfolk from the highlands and isles of Scotland.
  高地贵族剑士为苏格兰高地或岛屿上部落首领及亲族组成。
• 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。
• Mourning Apparel in Ceremonial Etiquette comprehensively and systematically recorded the mourning apparel relations of kinsfolk in Zhou Dynasty and reflected kinsfolk appellation system of that age.
  《仪礼·丧服》经、传全面系统地记载了周代亲属之间的丧服关系，因而也就较全面、系统地反映了周代的亲属称谓制度。
• 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？
• 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。
• Tibetan kinsfolk appellation system, as an important part of Tibetan culture, has its own original and developmental social, historical and cultural background.
  藏语称谓系统作为藏文化的重要组成部分，有其产生和发展的社会、历史、文化背景。
• The establishing of the regulations was based on providing convenience in handling cases but not takes into account the significant damage caused to kinsfolk as witnesses and neglects the destruction of family ethical relationship which might be more important.
  这样的规定仅从便捷办案的角度出发，完全没有考虑到对作为证人的亲属的利益造成的重大损害，严重忽视了对更为重要的亲情伦理关系的破坏。
• A Probe to the Tibetan Kinsfolk Appellation System and Its Cultural Connotation
  藏语亲属称谓系统及其文化内涵初探