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本帖最后由 gnoweb 于 2016-1-26 18:48 编辑
. U: N. n( P7 kTo most people I'm an assistant at Catco Worldwide Media. But in secret, I work with my adoptive sister for the DEO to protect my city from alien life and anyone else that means to cause it harm.
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0 j" {0 w: C% z% r7 |# q) _adoptive 给人的第一印象是可以和 father, mother, parents 连用：养父、养母、养父母。或者后接 son，daughter，child，children：养子，养女。经查阅词典，的确很多词典都给出了类似的例证。但是上面的 adoptive sister 还是感觉怪怪的，主要是从汉语来讲，收养我的姐姐/和我有收养关系的姐姐/我的养姐姐。在不借助搜索引擎与在线语料库的情形下，只查阅手头的词典，发现只有 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 6th 给出了类似的例证：
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adoptive brother, adoptive child, adoptive father, adoptive mother, adoptive sister, etc.
, H4 X) J7 b3 W* u另外一个是 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for students of English 2nd ：
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Adoptive is used with these nouns: family, father, mother, parent, sibling, sister
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f7 F3 u% e ~4 P- G最后一个不能算是词典 VDex_8.4-20150727：
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& X/ x3 B) R7 w: e- {, q) Z6 T165. Dees’ mother died when he was 13, said Lena Walker, of Minneapolis, who was an adoptive sister of the young man.
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对 SOED6 的好印象 += 1! D0 h# S$ z7 D* C
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最后来看看搜索引擎返回的结果：5 Y+ x# z$ s" m9 r9 o
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使用 Bing.com ( k& l- Q" f: o3 o& p" I8 c
搜索 "adoptive parents"，返回 1,750,000 results；
" K" T' z! y N2 V) _2 U' R, I搜索 "adoptive parent"，返回 891,000 results；& d3 f+ Y# E8 ?! r. P& T1 a# y
搜索 "adoptive mother"，返回 477,000 results；
$ h2 F& o0 N2 E7 K9 f搜索 "adoptive father"，返回 444,000 results；
. p! k" ?4 Z1 k6 p) ~. p搜索 "adoptive brother"，返回 141,000 results；- P7 x2 P5 O1 }0 Z7 p. p, ^
搜索 "adoptive sister"，返回 86,000 results；) H" ~! j6 ^- U9 b! n2 q% l
搜索 "adoptive uncle"，返回 6 results；
" J P+ ?4 T0 H/ K: n搜索 "adoptive aunt"，返回 5 results；
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