poor relation

poor relation

美 　英

• n.略逊一筹的事物；不受青睐的事物
• 网络稍逊一筹；微不足道

英汉解释

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.

就名气与荣誉来说，联赛杯似乎是一个在国内没有分量的杯赛。

"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.

“出租关系历来不好处理，但我们正在改变这一局面，”卡尔弗表示。

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

丽莉受不了穷亲戚们那种乞丐般的苦日子。

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

在这儿她生活幸福得多，尽管是由贫弱的亲戚关系和依靠他们的施舍维系。

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

不过苔丝的自尊心使她觉得，作为一个穷亲戚去求那位老太太，她心里是非常讨厌的。

Software has long been the poor relation of Chinese technology.

长期以来，软件一直是中国的技术软肋。

A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

穷亲戚是实际上最不相干的东西。

he spurned a poor relation from one ' s door

他把一个穷亲戚从门口一脚踢开。