B2 （人际或团体之间的）关系，联系，交往
the way in which two people or groups of people feel and behave towards each other
relations between Relations between him and his new wife are rather strained. 他和新娶的妻子之间的关系很紧张。
enjoy relations with formal Britain enjoys friendly relations with Canada. 英国和加拿大的关系非常友好。
Relations between the two brothers were stormy at the best of times.
There has been a breakthrough in relations between the two countries.
The two nations have put their differences behind them and are once again enjoying cordial relations.
See also: relation (FRIENDSHIP)
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- I think she's a relation of theirs.
- They're not blood relations, - they're only connected by marriage.
- Scientists eventually proved a relation between smoking and lung cancer.
- Police are investigating a possible relation between the murder and a robbery that took place last year.
- The painting bears almost no relation to the scene it's supposed to portray.
- We've seen a continuing deterioration in relations between the two countries.
- The collapse of Communism changed East-West relations for ever.
- We're entering a new phase in international relations.
- We are on the threshold of a new era in European relations.
- This settlement will resolve one of the most vexatious problems in the field of industrial relations.