親屬是我們?nèi)粘＝佑|最多的人之一，談論親屬也是人們常涉及的話題之一。下面我們來總結(jié)一些涉及親屬談論的英語單詞。

　　1).family n.家庭，親屬

　　The little girl is destined for a career on the stage, for she comes from a theatrical family

　　小女孩生于戲劇之家，這注定了她的舞臺生涯。

　　2).relation n.親戚，親屬

　　After the venerable scholar died, all of his friends and relations attended his funeral

　　那位德高望重的學者死后，他所有的朋友與親戚都參加了葬禮。

　　3).kin n. (統(tǒng)稱)家屬，親屬

　　It puzzled the kin that the rich man donated his property to charities in his will

　　那位富人在遺囑中把自己的財產(chǎn)捐給慈善機構(gòu)，這讓他的親屬很是不解。

　　4).parent n.父親(或母親)

　　The teacher told the naughty boy to ask his parent to come to school on Monday

　　老師讓那個淘氣的小男孩星期一請家長到學校。

　　5).parents-in-law n.公婆，岳父母

　　I dread the interview with my future parents-in-law.

　　我害怕與未來的岳父母見面。

　　6).spouse n.配偶

　　When you are interviewed by the eccentric manager, he will ask your spouse's name

　　當那個古怪的經(jīng)理面試你時，他會問你配偶的名字。

　　7).adopt v.領(lǐng)養(yǎng)，收養(yǎng)

　　I have a boy, but I still want to adopt a girl

　　我有一個兒子，可是還想領(lǐng)養(yǎng)一個女兒。

　　8).father n.父親，爸爸

　　Because of exceeding the speed limit, my father was taken to the police box.

　　因為超速駕駛，爸爸被帶到警察亭。

　　9).paterfamilias n.(男性)家長

　　As the paterfamilias, you have to work hard to support your family.

　　作為一家之主，你必須努力工作養(yǎng)家。

　　10).mother n.母親，媽媽

　　The mother was disturbed to find that the toy's price was exorbitant for the size of her purse

　　那位母親看到玩具的價錢自己買不起，心里不安起來。

　　11).offspring n.孩子，子女

　　The girl is very clever as the offspring of a musician and a mathematician

　　做為一位音樂家和一位數(shù)學家的孩子，那個女孩特別聰明。

　　12).step-parent n.繼父，繼母

　　It's not easy for the step-parents to get along well with their step-children

　　對于繼父母來說，跟自己的繼子繼女處好關(guān)系不是件容易的事。

　　13).brother n.兄弟

　　I beg my elder brother to amend the spelling errors in my theme

　　我乞求哥哥給我修改作文里的拼寫錯誤。

　　14).cousin n.表(堂)兄弟姐妹

　　The boy is my wife's cousin, so we are distantly related.

　　這個男孩是我妻子的堂兄弟，所以我們是遠親。

　　15).grandparent n.祖父(母)，外祖父(母)

　　My grandparents have lived in the country for about 70 years.

　　爺爺奶奶在農(nóng)村生活了近70年。

　　16).uncle n.叔父，伯父，舅父，姑父

　　I remembered that my uncle majored in international commerce in college

　　我記得叔叔大學時的專業(yè)是國際貿(mào)易。

　　17).ancestor n.祖宗，祖先

　　He is amused to learn that his ancestors came here as refugees

　　得知他的祖先是因為避難才來到這里，他覺得很好笑.

　　18).grandchild n.(外)孫子，(外)孫女

　　Mr. James was glad to hear that his fifth grandchild was born

　　聽說自己的第5個孫子出生了，詹姆斯先生非常高興。

　　19).mate n.朋友，同伴

　　Lily was frightened to find she was separated from her mates

　　發(fā)現(xiàn)自己與同伴走散了，莉莉很害怕。

　　20).friend n.朋友，友人

　　The man in a black coat said that he is a friend of my father