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单词 relation
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relation
(rɪlʃən )
Word forms: relations
1. countable noun [usually plural] B2
Relations between people, groups, or countries are contacts between them and the way in which they behave towards each other.
Greece has established full diplomatic relations with Israel.
Relations between the two men became strained.
The company has a track record of good employee relations.
2.  See also industrial relations, public relations, race relations
3. countable noun [usually singular] B2
If you talk about the relation of one thing to another, you are talking about the ways in which they are connected.
It is a question of the relation of ethics to economics. [+ of]
...the relation between power and knowledge. [+ between]
This theory bears no relation to reality. [+ to]
Synonyms: similarity, link, bearing, bond  
4. countable noun B1
Your relations are the members of your family.
...visits to friends and relations.
Jansher, another Khan from Peshawar, though no relation, dominated squash in the Nineties.
5.  See also poor relation
6. in relation to phrase B2
If something is said or done in relation to a subject, it is said or done in connection with that subject.
...a question which has been asked many times in relation to Irish affairs.
He is the sixth person to be arrested in relation to the coup plot.
Synonyms: concerning, regarding, respecting, in connection with  
7. in relation to phrase B2
You can talk about something in relation to something else when you want to compare the size, condition, or position of the two things.
The money he'd been ordered to pay was minimal in relation to his salary.
...women's position in relation to men in the context of the family.
You are given a map so that you can see where your villa is in relation to the swimming pool.
Collocations:
relations specialist
She now has a team of six managing her affairs, including a manager, booking agents, a public relations specialist and a number of assistants.
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I am a geographer turned international relations specialist (environment as special field) and as such have long been critical of environmentalist exaggerations.
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She began her career working as a public relations specialist.
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However, the public relations specialist did not forget his main duty as a member of law enforcement.
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She worked in the film industry as a public relations specialist and also a model.
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repair relations
He says that banks must crack down on bonuses to repair relations with the public.
Times, Sunday Times
Two notorious advisers quit, giving their boss a chance to change course and repair relations with his party.
Times,Sunday Times
A head of corporate affairs has also been appointed to repair relations with local businesses and establish new links.
The Sun
And the champions are now trying to repair relations with the superpower, who are pumping megamoney into football.
The Sun
He was able to repair relations, but only after paying a fine.
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restore relations
One should not minimise the eagerness of diplomatic and intelligence bureaucracies to restore relations with almost any country where they see an opportunity.
Times, Sunday Times
A commitment to religious liberty - building on his solid support for faith schools and fighting poverty overseas - could help to restore relations.
Times, Sunday Times
It warned that he faced a battle to restore relations with the airline's workforce.
Times, Sunday Times
social relations
Their social relations are complex and reminiscent of our own.
Times, Sunday Times
Social relations are underpinned by the idea that you put something in and get something back.
Times, Sunday Times
Social relations have become shallower, but our network wider.
Times, Sunday Times
Novel forms - of artistic expression, of social relations, of government - had to be found, however comical or far-fetched they might seem.
The Times Literary Supplement
There should be no necessary opposition between fine-grained critical engagement with the material properties of works of art, and systematic analysis of the relationship between art and social relations.
The Times Literary Supplement
strained relations
The dispute had led to strained relations between some directors and executives, according to its source, the newspaper reported.
Times, Sunday Times
The government created a code of conduct in 2010 in response to concerns about strained relations between supermarkets and suppliers.
Times, Sunday Times
The palace's statement, 90 minutes later, was an unprecedented put-down and a sign of how strained relations have become.
Times,Sunday Times
He also provides intriguing insights into the strained relations between the soldiers who fight, backroom military personnel and munitions lobbyists.
The Times Literary Supplement
The potential for ebooks has strained relations between authors and their publishers.
Times, Sunday Times
strengthen relations
Police hope that the meetings with young people will help to strengthen relations when they might become more strained.
Times, Sunday Times
We wish to open this issue up to informed debate and work constructively to strengthen relations.
Times, Sunday Times
Its purpose was to strengthen relations among the three most industrially advanced regions of the capitalist world.
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The two sides pledged to strengthen relations and signed agreements on health and bilateral investment.
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tense relations
A long-standing rivalry between the two countries contributed to the tense relations.
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There were, however, no signs of strife or tense relations between the believers of various sects and schools.
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The tense relations between both led to several violent incidents in the 1980s.
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On the one hand, the tense relations between the aristocracy and the king are well documented.
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This led to extremely tense relations between the government and the church.
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trade relations
They also promised to work to develop closer economic and trade relations between the two countries and to co-operate on space programmes.
Times, Sunday Times
The visit marks 130 years of friendship, at its strongest during times of war, and will fuel even better political and trade relations.
Times, Sunday Times
Disentangling trade relations and uncertainty around the new institutions pitched it into a brief recession.
Times, Sunday Times
Issues discussed included the revival of a national air force, and the improvement of bilateral economic and trade relations.
Times, Sunday Times
He hailed a new 'phase of close friendship; of strong trade relations in which both of us will win'.
Times, Sunday Times
trading relations
Critics seized on the failure to negotiate continued trading relations.
Times, Sunday Times
Trading relations with other economies matter for our future wealth and happiness.
Times, Sunday Times
Instead of producing business certainty it would generate perpetual tension in our trading relations, leaving business and investors in suspense over what conditions will apply in the future.
Times, Sunday Times
To improve our trading relations we need to look at whether we can agree to align some of our regulations, repeal some or respect each other's regulatory standards.
The Sun
Besides these considerations, there were also foreign trading relations.
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transatlantic relations
His aides say that he will discuss the need to strengthen transatlantic relations.
Times, Sunday Times
In fact, she would be unlikely to sit at a negotiating table or command any real influence on transatlantic relations.
Times, Sunday Times
It will also go far towards determining transatlantic relations under the next president.
Times, Sunday Times
There will be much working behind the scenes and much cajoling to try to repair the damage done to transatlantic relations.
Times, Sunday Times
And no theme, no structure, no ending and a lot of irrelevant sermonising concerning transatlantic relations.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 关系
Japanese: 関係
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