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N-COUNT If you describe one thing as a poor relation of another, you mean that it is similar to or part of the other thing, but is considered to be inferior to it. 相形见绌的东西 [usu N 'of' n]
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。
Other sparkling wines are often considered the poor relations of champagne.
其他起泡的葡萄酒通常被认为较香槟酒为次。
Business schools were treated as poor relations by other professional schools.
(当时)商学院被其他专业学院视为穷亲戚。
Russian NATO envoy Rogozin says poor relations between Russia and the alliance over Georgia remind him of tensions in Europe on the eve of World War I.
俄罗斯驻北约大使罗戈津说，俄罗斯与北约因为格鲁吉亚所引发的紧张关系，就如同第一次世界大战前夕欧洲的紧张气氛。
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