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"Poor relation" nghĩa là gì?
06 Nov, 2022
"Poor relation" có poor là tồi tàn, kém chất lượng, relation là có quan hệ -> từ này nghĩa là người hay vật có liên quan, tương tự với người hay vật khác nhưng không quan trọng, không có giá trị bằng.
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“I don’t think Cardigan gets much of a shake from this council. What they did build here is totally inappropriate (không hợp lý),” he said. “It seems like Cardigan is a poor relation of Three Rivers - more like two-and-a-half rivers.”
Sir Hercules and his Birdcatcher proved to be the principal influences responsible for a rise in the reputation (danh tiếng) of Irish racing, which had hitherto (cho đến nay) been regarded as the poor relation of its English counterpart.
As an industry we have proven that we are no longer the poor relation of Hollywood, or are inexperienced (thiếu kinh nghiệm) in the classical genre (thể loại). Indeed, an event such as this is often the first time a fan of the genre has actually seen a live orchestral performance, which often leads the way for them to discover other symphonic works, from Stravinsky to Scriabin to Schubert and beyond.
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