poor relation

Watercolour still seems somehow to be the poor relation of oil painting.

水彩画似乎仍比油画略逊一筹。

Lily had no mind for the vagabond life of the poor relation.

丽莉受不了穷亲戚们那种乞丐般的苦日子.

He spurned a poor relation from one's door.

他把一个穷亲戚从门口一脚踢开。

Some people may regard radio as the poor relation of broadcasting.

有些人可能认为无线电广播在广播事业中稍逊一筹.

Second, they rely on a system that has long been marked by a poor relation between national health and social care services.

其次，它们所依赖的体系中，国民健康和社会保健服务之间长期以来一直关系不良。

The construction industry workforce must no longer be treated as the poor relation in the labour market and those in the industry must show a much greater respect and pride in its workforce.

建造工人理应受到尊重，不应被看待为低下的劳动市场，从业员要看重自己的技能，并要为参与建造社会感到骄傲。

In terms of prestige and kudos, the League Cup is almost like the poor relation of the domestic Cup competitions.

就名气与荣誉来说，联赛杯似乎是一个在国内没有分量的杯赛。

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, a brand-new award, is a conscious attempt to sprinkle a similar kind of stardust onto engineering, which has long worried that it is seen as a bit of a poor relation to more academic science.

伊丽莎白女王工程奖是一个全新的奖项，设立该奖是为了让工程学这门似乎被主流学术科学研究边缘化的学科也沾点星光。