雅思词汇解析（31） | 家庭亲情

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.