表兄弟：cousin怎麼用
Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige, my friend.
——Birdman
聲望與威信形影不離，我的朋友。
——《鳥人》
一、下面我們來看看cousin有幾種含義
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.
我希望到我表哥湯姆那兒去過聖誕節。
2.遠親，同輩 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.
遠親不如近鄰。
3.對等的人（或物），相關的人（或物）a person of a race or people ethnically or culturally related
The average European kitchen is smaller than its American cousin.
歐式的廚房一般比美式廚房小。
二、下面我們來學習一下含有cousin的常見短語
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. 過從甚密相見時可接吻致意的遠親 相見時可以接吻致意的遠親 可以配成對的東西 可以和諧相處的人
三、最後，來做個小測試
He factored his ______'s estate for five years.
他經管他表兄弟的財產有五年之久。
