poor relation

noun

1. 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

1. N-COUNT （相似或从属但）相形见绌的东西
   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.
   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。

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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature.
   穷亲戚是实际上最不相干的东西。
8. Software has long been the poor relation of Chinese technology.
   长期以来，软件一直是中国的技术软肋。
9. For many years energy efficiency was the poor relation to cutting-edge clean technology initiatives like wind and solar.
   许多年来能源的利用率一直是制约如风能和太阳能这样的前沿清洁科技的创新。
10. 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。
11. Some people may regard radio as the poor relation of broadcasting.
    有些人可能认为无线电台广播事业中稍逊一筹。
12. He spurned a poor relation from one's door.
    他把一个穷亲戚从门口一脚踢开。
13. The air force and Navy were modernised but the army, very much the poor relation, was not.
    空军和海军都已实现了现代化，陆军相形见绌却没有。
14. Antibacterial research, too long the poor relation of lifestyle drug discovery, is once again a topic of heated discussion and cutting edge research.
    长期不为人们所重视的生活方式药物的开发，如抗菌药的研究再度成为热门讨论和前沿研究的主题。
15. 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。
16. This was not from any love of the subject I considered folklore a poor relation to literature but out of sheer expediency.
    这绝不是因为我热爱这个题材在我心目中，民俗是文学的一个穷亲戚而只是纯粹的权宜之计。
17. The occurrence of behavior problems were related to their parents 'mental illness, low degree of education, heavy drinking, introvert personality, long time leaving from family, unsuitable education ways to the children and poor relation with the children.
    其行为问题的发生与父母患精神疾病，父亲文化程度低、酗酒、性格内向、很少在家居住及缺陷家庭、父母教育方式不当、亲子关系差有关。
18. 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。
19. The common ill family types are the risky family, low socioeconomic status family and poor marital relation family. And they all have ill effects to the emotion, sociality, characters of children.
    常见的不良家庭类型有危险性家庭、社会经济地位低下的家庭以及婚姻状况不良的家庭，这些类型的家庭对儿童情绪、社会性、性格等都具有不良影响。
20. Methods 22 cases of mandibular fracture were treated simple intermaxillary elastic traction, and other 138 case underwent internal fixation ( including 46 cases of poor maxillary occlusal relation going through intermaxillary elastic traction simultaneously).
    方法160例下颌骨骨折患者，22例行单纯颌间弹性牵引治疗，138例行内固定术（其中46例术后咬牙合关系恢复不良者行颌间弹性牵引治疗）。
21. Based on the analysis of exploited conditions the poor character of water elements 'movement, the presently using situation and the relation with economic development, this article makes the conclusion that water resources is the ultimately restricted factor to Dalian city's regional sustainable development.
    在分析了大连市水资源开发条件、水资源要素移动性差的特点、利用现状及其与经济发展关系的基础上，得出水资源是大连区域可持续发展终极限制因素的结论；
22. Based on the investigation of the sports development of the outlying poor national school of compact community in Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Ningxia, proceed with relation between social characteristic and school sports development, the main matter existing in the school sports development is analysed.
    在对甘肃、青海、新疆、宁夏4省（区）边远贫困民族聚居区学校体育发展进行调查的基础上，从社会特征与学校体育发展的关系入手，找出了学校体育发展中存在的主要问题。
23. The risk factors for depression in mid-late pregnancy were low education, unemployment, poor marital relation, lack of family support, low income, fear to pregnancy, history of low mood in pregnancy and negative life event.
    妊娠中后期抑郁发生的社会心理危险因素为：低教育水平、无业、夫妻关系差、缺乏家庭支持、低收入、对怀孕恐惧、怀孕期间情绪低落史和负性生活事件。
24. 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。
25. Poor social relation network causes high employment cost, limited employment trade and un-sufficient employment chance for woman relocates.
    社会关系网络青黄不接导致移民妇女就业成本高、就业行业受限及就业机会不充分；
26. This formation is poor in TiO 2 and Al 2O 3 with most of the trace elements depleted in relation to their clarke values, although a few including Ba, Sb, Hg, Ag and Bi are exceptionally enriched;
    其中的元素显著地贫TiO2和Al2O3，大部分微量元素相对于地壳克拉克值亏损，但Ba、Sb、Hg、Ag和Bi等少数几种元素例外地富集；
27. 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；
28. As coupling regions with rich natural resources, poor economy and fragile ecology, poor resource-abundant regions are focus areas which are used to study man-land relation and rural development.
    能源富集贫困区作为能源富集、生态脆弱、农村贫困的复合区域，成为人地关系与农村发展研究的焦点地区。
29. Combine the angle circulate from the system investigated the poor relation main factor, the legal system, the related system reform of the management and the guarantee system implement etc. exterior factor.
    并从系统运行的角度考察了贫困的关系要素，管理和保障制度实施的法制、相关体制改革等外部因素。