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

• On the Modern Law Culture Transition from the Kinsfolk and Inheritance Rules in Draft Civil Law of Qing Dynasty; Analysis of the relations between criminal laws& cases and regulation in the Qing Dynasty
  从《大清民律草案》亲属继承两编的界定看我国法律文化的近代转型清代刑案律例与地方性法规关系探析
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Poor Emily. Her kinsfolk should come to her
  可怜的埃米莉，她的亲人应该到她这来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 tie between the Dagonets, the du Lacs of Maryland, and their aristocratic Cornish kinsfolk, the Trevennas, had always remained close and cordial.
  达戈内特家、马里兰的杜拉克家及其康沃尔郡的贵族亲戚特利文纳家之间的关系一直密切融洽。
• Kinsfolk appellation system is an important subject for both cultural anthropological and linguistic studies.
  亲属称谓系统是文化人类学和语言学研究的重要课题。