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

• Mr Shapley is one of the key figures in co-operative game theory, which for decades looked both abstract and pointless, a poor relation to regular game theory.
  沙普利是研究合作博弈论的重要人物。数十年来，合作博弈论看上去既抽象又毫无意义，与常规博弈论之间关联甚少。
• 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。
• The construction industry workforce must no longer be treated as the poor relation in the labour market and those in the industry must show a much greater respect and pride in its workforce.
  建造工人理应受到尊重，不应被看待为低下的劳动市场，从业员要看重自己的技能，并要为参与建造社会感到骄傲。
• Most of the corporate control transfers happen among the poor performance companies and the senior managers change before and after the transfers have no direct relation with the company performance.
  发生控制权转移的大多是绩差公司，且转移前后的高管变动与企业绩效无明显相关关系。
• It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relation.
  伟大的人物也有穷亲戚，那是令人忧郁的事实。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。