poor relation

poor relation

美 　英

• n.略遜一籌的事物；不受青睞的事物
• 網絡稍遜一籌；微不足道

英漢解釋

na.	1. a person, organization, or country that is considered to be less successful or important than another

例句

In terms of prestige and kudos, the League Cup is almost like the poor relation of the domestic Cup competitions.

就名氣與榮譽來說，聯賽杯似乎是一個在國內沒有分量的杯賽。

"Historically, rental has been a bit of a poor relation, but we're in the process of turning that on its head, " Mr Calver says.

“出租關系歷來不好處理，但我們正在改變這一局面，”卡爾弗表示。

Lily had no mind for the vagabond life of the poor relation.

麗莉受不了窮親戚們那種乞丐般的苦日子。

Here she was much happier, despite being the poor relation, dependent on charity.

在這兒她生活幸福得多，盡管是由貧弱的親戚關系和依靠他們的施舍維系。

But Tess's pride made the part of poor relation one of particular distaste to her.

不過苔絲的自尊心使她覺得，作為一個窮親戚去求那位老太太，她心里是非常討厭的。

Software has long been the poor relation of Chinese technology.

長期以來，軟件一直是中國的技術軟肋。

A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

窮親戚是實際上最不相干的東西。

he spurned a poor relation from one ' s door

他把一個窮親戚從門口一腳踢開。