雅思词汇解析（31） | 家庭亲情

　　雅思词汇解析，释义到用法，清清楚楚，每一次的进步，都是来自点点滴滴的积累。

　　本期作者：张悦

　　今天我们来学习和家庭亲情相关的词汇。

　　1. ancestor

　　n. 祖宗;祖先;

　　e.g. to worship the ancestors 祭祖

　　e.g. Twelve thousand years ago, our ancestors were primitive savages living in caves.

　　注：savage 野蛮人;未开化的人

　　听力真题 6-4-4

　　The ancestors of the Gir Sanctuary lions were protected by a prince.

　　原文：

　　It is because all of them are descended from a few dozen lions that were saved by a prince.

　　注：be descended from起源于…;是…的后裔

　　n. descendant

　　syn. antecedent

　　ante- 前缀：“前面”“在…之前”

　　e.g. Many people feel a great curiosity to find out about their antecedents.

　　需要区分的单词：

　　predecessor: /'priːdɪsesə/

　　n. a person who had a job or position before someone else. 更多侧重于工作上的前辈，前任等。

　　2. immediate

　　adj. 直系的;

　　Hospital visits are limited to immediate family. 直系亲属。

　　如：parents; spouses; children;grandparents

　　另有一个表达：nuclear family

　　核心家庭：范围更小，多指爸妈和小孩组成的家庭。

　　e.g. Today we tend to live in small nuclear families rather than large extended families.

　　注：extended family 大家庭

　　distant family 远房亲戚

　　补充：

　　close-knit family/ community

　　互相关爱的;关系紧密的家庭、社区。

　　3. bond /ˈbɑːnd/

　　n. 纽带;联系;关系

　　e.g. family/kinship bonds 家庭/亲属关系

　　e.g. Family meals allow for conversation and strengthen the family bonds.

　　e.g. Lilo meets and forms an unbreakable bond with Stitch.

　　注：口语话题常用 strengthen/form/ forge bonds 表示亲情;友情;爱情等纽带关系。

　　v. 形成亲近关系 bond with sb.

　　e.g. We were strangers at first, but we bonded with each other quickly.

　　4. lineage /'lɪnɪɪdʒ/

　　n. 家系;家族;血统

　　They can trace their lineage back to the 18th century. 血统追溯到…

　　5. kinship

　　n. 亲属关系;

　　n. 亲切感;亲近感

　　搭配：feel a (sense of) kinship

　　e.g. He feels a strong kinship with his admirers and fans.

　　以上就是今天新航道南京雅思辅导机构小编分享的词汇，我们下周见!