relationship和relation都是指人或事物之间的联系。relationship指人时含义是有着很深感情的紧密关系,如:her relationship with her husband;这两个词都可以指相互关照、互为依赖的事物,如:the relation/relationship between temperature and humidity温度和湿度的关系。如果指人和组织之间的一种比较正规或松散的关系,就多用relations,如:The local community has good relations with the police.
一、relation
英 [rɪ'leɪʃ(ə)n]美 [rɪ'leʃən]
n.关系;联系;亲戚;陈述;参考
1. ( connection ) (事物之间的)联系,关系,关联
There is an obvious relation between diet and health.
饮食和健康显然有关系。
to bear no relation to sth
与…无关;与…没有联系
The interpretation bore no relation to the actual words spoken.
这一阐释与实际所说的话没有关联。
2. ( relative ) 亲戚;亲属
He's a distant relation.
他是一位远亲。
3. < 正式 > ( act of narrating ) 讲述,叙述(指行为)
the relation of the tale of her misfortune
对她不幸经历的讲述
4. < 正式 > ( account, narrative ) 讲述,叙述(指内容)
a relation of the story by somebody else
别人讲述的这个故事
5. 【 律 】( principle ) 回溯
6. 【 律 】( statement ) 告发
7. 【 数, 逻 】( association ) 关系(式)
8. 【 数, 逻 】( set of ordered pairs ) 序偶集;有序对集合
双语例句
1. Franco-American relations
法美关系
2. I've got relations in London.
我有亲戚住在伦敦。
3. relations between capitalists and workers
资本家和工人之间的关系
4. Relations between the two companies had, consequently, never been close.
因此,两家公司的关系从来没有亲密过。
5. Some Afro-Caribbeans are rejecting the whole race relations industry.
一些非洲裔加勒比人在抵制整个种族关系运动。
二、relationship
英 [rɪ'leɪʃ(ə)nʃɪp]美 [rɪ'leʃən'ʃɪp]
n. 关系;联系;浪漫关系;血缘关系
1. ( connection ) 关系;联系
There is no relationship between the two events.
这两个事件之间没有联系。
the relationship between sth and sth
…与…之间的联系
a relationship between diet and cancer
饮食和癌症之间的关系
What is the relationship between language and thought?
语言和思维有什么联系?
2. ( family tie ) 血缘关系;姻亲关系
What is your relationship to the patient?
你是病人的什么人?
3. ( personal connection ) (人、团体之间的)关系,联系
We have a good relationship.
我们关系很好。
a working relationship
同事之间的工作关系
He and his boss have always had a good working relationship.
他与上司一直保持着良好的工作关系。
Our working relationship had become strained.
我们的工作关系变得紧张了。
sb's relationship with sb
某人与某人之间的关系
4. ( love affair ) 感情关系;恋爱关系;性关系
to have a relationship with sb
与某人有恋爱关系
She had had a relationship with a married man.
她曾与一名已婚男子有染。
to be in a relationship
在谈恋爱
I'm not in a relationship at the moment.
我目前没有谈恋爱。
双语例句
1. Business relationships are necessarily rather formal.
商业关系必然很正式。
2. He viewed all his relationships rather negatively.
他相当消极地看待自己所有的人际关系。
3. relationships that are based on an imbalance of power
权利不均衡基础上建立的关系
4. problems in interpersonal relationships
人际关系中的问题
5. His love life was complicated, and involved intense relationships.
他的爱情生活非常复杂,几段感情都是轰轰烈烈。