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consanguineous

/kon-sang-gwin-ee-uhs/US // ˌkɒn sæŋˈgwɪn i əs //

亲属关系,近亲结婚,血缘关系,近亲

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.

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Examples

  • Whither Mollendorf went next, we will not ask: perhaps to Brunswick and other consanguineous places?

  • Who is to say which John begat this lad or that lass, and therefore to decide who are consanguineous, and who are not?

  • Now this accentuation of all family characters is what must always happen in the case of consanguineous marriages.

  • So that the percentage of marriages ordinarily considered consanguineous is probably between two, and two and a half.

  • Consanguineous marriages have been very frequent, until now nearly all are more or less interrelated.