表兄弟：cousin怎么用

Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige, my friend.

——Birdman

声望与威信形影不离，我的朋友。

——《鸟人》

一、下面我们来看看cousin有几种含义

n.

1.堂（表）兄弟姊妹 a child of your aunt or uncle

I'm hoping to go and stay with my cousin Tom over Christmas.

我希望到我表哥汤姆那儿去过圣诞节。

2.远亲，同辈 a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you

A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.

远亲不如近邻。

3.对等的人（或物），相关的人（或物）a person of a race or people ethnically or culturally related

The average European kitchen is smaller than its American cousin.

欧式的厨房一般比美式厨房小。

二、下面我们来学习一下含有cousin的常见短语

second cousin

第二代堂兄妹,第二代表兄妹

first cousin

第一代堂兄妹,第一代表兄妹

full cousin

堂［表］兄弟或姐妹

kissing cousin

n. 过从甚密相见时可接吻致意的远亲 相见时可以接吻致意的远亲 可以配成对的东西 可以和谐相处的人

三、最后，来做个小测试

He factored his ______'s estate for five years.

他经管他表兄弟的财产有五年之久。