relation

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT Relations between people, groups, or countries are contacts between them and the way in which they behave toward each other. 關(guān)系
Greece has established full diplomatic relations with Israel. 希臘已經(jīng)和以色列建立了全面的外交關(guān)系。
2. →see also industrial relations , public relations , race relations
3. N-COUNT If you talk about the relation of one thing to another, you are talking about the ways in which they are connected. 關(guān)系
It is a question of the relation of ethics to economics. 這是個道德和經(jīng)濟(jì)之間關(guān)系的問題。
4. N-COUNT Your relations are the members of your family. 親屬
...visits to friends and relations. …對親友的拜訪。
5. PHRASE You can talk about something in relation to something else when you want to compare the size, condition, or position of the two things. 與…相比
The money he'd been ordered to pay was minimal in relation to his salary. 他被要求支付的錢與他的薪水相比是少的。
6. PHRASE If something is said or done in relation to a subject, it is said or done in connection with that subject. 關(guān)于
...a question that has been asked many times in relation to Irish affairs. …一個多次被問到的關(guān)于愛爾蘭事務(wù)的問題。

I think she's a relation of theirs.
They're not blood relations, - they're only connected by marriage .
Scientists eventually proved a relation between smoking and lung cancer .
Police are investigating a possible relation between the murder and a robbery that took place last year .
The painting bears almost no relation to the scene it's supposed to portray .
We've seen a continuing deterioration in relations between the two countries .
The collapse of Communism changed East-West relations for ever .
We're entering a new phase in international relations.
We are on the threshold of a new era in European relations.
This settlement will resolve one of the most vexatious problems in the field of industrial relations.