nephew

美 ['nefju] 英 ['nevjuː]

• n.侄子；外甥
• 网络侄儿；表侄

复数：nephews  

用法解析

1.

侄子；外甥

the son of your brother or sister; the son of your husband's or wife's brother or sister

1.

侄子;外甥

2.

〔废语〕后裔(尤指孙子)

3.

〔委婉语〕(教士的)私生子

1.

the son of somebody's brother, sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law

语法用例

例句1：

One relative who took the body of his nephew to a hospital said the site of the attack was horrifying.

一个亲戚送自己的侄子赶到医院，他说这场袭击真是太可怕了。

例句2：

It was no surprise to the other workers that the boss's nephew enjoined such a great degree of upward mobility.

老板的侄子往上晋升如此之快，其他工人并不感意外。

例句3：

When he died, his young nephew was the only heir to his great wealth.

当他死后，他年轻的侄儿是唯一继承人，他的巨大财富。

例句4：

She said she lost a brother and his wife and a nephew in the disaster.

她说自己的兄嫂和侄子都死于地震。

例句5：

"Good nephew, " he said, "there is a God, despite what you think, and He is everywhere. Yes! Everywhere! "

“好侄子，”他说，“不管你怎样想，上帝是存在的，而且他无处不在。对！无处不在！”

例句6：

You must be very tired and sleepy since you did not sleep well last night. But, I am sure you will inspire by your nephew once you see him.

因为昨晚没有睡好，我想你一定很累、很困吧，但是我敢肯定你一旦见到你的外甥，你一定会很兴奋，忘记疲倦的。

例句7：

He was evidently anxious not to waken his wife or daughter, and especially not to excite the notice of his nephew.

显而易见他不愿惊醒太太和女儿，尤其不愿惹起侄儿的注意。

例句8：

When we spoke by phone several weeks ago, the nephew said the violin was now his, but he said he could not discuss it further at this time.

几星期前我们又通了电话，这位侄子说这把小提琴如今归他所有，但又说自己目前不能就此再说更多了。

例句9：

It was the voice of Scrooge's nephew. The young man had come into the office so quickly that Scrooge had not known he was there.

这个声音是从史高基的侄子那儿发出的。这个年轻人走进办公室的速度太快了以至于史高基不知道他在那儿。

例句10：

She did not, however, even look around her until she saw her nephew lightly and actively , following her example, climbed up.

她甚至头也不回直到看见她的侄子学着她的样子，轻巧而灵活地爬了上来。