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Unrelated Things Describe Connection People   [Oft Adj N

英语单词 unrelated
英美音标 英 [ˌʌnrɪ'leɪtɪd] 美 [ˌʌnrɪ'leɪtɪd]
中文释义 adj.不相关的;无亲属关系的
英语例句 (1) The practice of rearing unrelated offspring occurs in several ant species.
(2) As they were discussing some important questions,he interposed an unrelated thing.
中文例句 (1) 只有几种蚂蚁可以抚育与自己并不相关的后代。
(2) 当他们正在讨论一些重要问题时,他却插进了一个毫不相干的问题。
vocabulary简明 Unrelated is a good way to describe things that aren't connected or linked in any way. You might insist that your dented car bumper is unrelated to your neighbor's smashed mailbox.
vocabulary扩展 Things that have no connection are unrelated: your excellent test grade is unrelated to the shoes your wore on the day you took it, and your inability remember the name of the movie you just watched is unrelated to the fact that the sun is shining. You can also describe two people who aren't in the same family as unrelated. The Latin root is relatus, a past participle of referre, "bring back."
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]没关联的;没联系的 If one thing is unrelated to another, there is no connection between them. You can also say that two things are unrelated .
  [oft ADJ to n]
  • My line of work is entirely unrelated to politics...

    我的职业与政治完全无关。

  • Two of them died from apparently unrelated causes.

    他们中的两个人死因明显不同。

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[ADJ 形容词]不属于同一家族的;没有亲属关系的 If one person is unrelated to another, they are not members of the same family. You can also say that two people are unrelated .
  [oft ADJ to n]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • Jimmy is adopted and thus unrelated to Beth by blood.

    吉米是被收养的,因此和贝丝没有血缘关系。

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