poor relation

英 [ˌpɔː rɪˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌpʊr rɪˈleɪʃn]

n.  略逊一筹的事物; 不受青睐的事物

牛津词典

noun

• 略逊一筹的事物；不受青睐的事物
  something that is not treated with as much respect as other similar things because it is not thought to be as good, important or successful

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （相似或从属但）相形见绌的东西
  If you describe one thing as apoor relation ofanother, you mean that it is similar to or part of the other thing, but is considered to be inferior to it.
  1. Watercolour still seems somehow to be the poor relation of oil painting.
     水彩画似乎仍比油画略逊一筹。

双语例句

• 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。
• He spurned a poor relation from one's door.
  他把一个穷亲戚从门口一脚踢开。
• This formation is poor in TiO 2 and Al 2O 3 with most of the trace elements depleted in relation to their clarke values, although a few including Ba, Sb, Hg, Ag and Bi are exceptionally enriched;
  其中的元素显著地贫TiO2和Al2O3，大部分微量元素相对于地壳克拉克值亏损，但Ba、Sb、Hg、Ag和Bi等少数几种元素例外地富集；
• The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, a brand-new award, is a conscious attempt to sprinkle a similar kind of stardust onto engineering, which has long worried that it is seen as a bit of a poor relation to more academic science.
  伊丽莎白女王工程奖是一个全新的奖项，设立该奖是为了让工程学这门似乎被主流学术科学研究边缘化的学科也沾点星光。
• This was not from any love of the subject I considered folklore a poor relation to literature but out of sheer expediency.
  这绝不是因为我热爱这个题材在我心目中，民俗是文学的一个穷亲戚而只是纯粹的权宜之计。
• To control the urban poor caused by the lack of relation resource, we should regard the use of social relation resource as one of important part of the urban anti-poor system.
  为抑制因社会关系资源不足而出现的城市贫困现象的蔓延，运用社会关系资源应成为制度性城市反贫困措施中的重要构成要素之一。
• The air force and Navy were modernised but the army, very much the poor relation, was not.
  空军和海军都已实现了现代化，陆军相形见绌却没有。
• The common ill family types are the risky family, low socioeconomic status family and poor marital relation family. And they all have ill effects to the emotion, sociality, characters of children.
  常见的不良家庭类型有危险性家庭、社会经济地位低下的家庭以及婚姻状况不良的家庭，这些类型的家庭对儿童情绪、社会性、性格等都具有不良影响。
• After analyzing of industry linkage, we found that there was a poor indirect relation between electronics& communications industry and related industries.
  通过具体的产业关联分析后发现，该产业的直接关联效果很强，但是影响力与感应度的定量分析表明，该产业在本区域的产业波及效果不强，低于全国平均水平；
• 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。