stepchild

step-,继，child,孩子。

stepchild (n.)

also step-child, Old English steopcild; see step- + child (n.). Old English also had steopbearn. Similar formation in German Stiefkind.

1. The stepchild position of G - 2 in our General Staff System was emphasized in many ways.

情报参谋,在我们参谋系统中的无用儿的地位,到处表现无遗.

2. The commerce Department has for many years been a stepchild of the city government.

多年以来商业局一直不受市政府的重视.

3. Aging is the neglected stepchild of the human life cycle.

衰老过程是人类生命周期中被忽视的非亲生儿.

4. Her kindness, friendliness and thoughtfulness soon overcame the prejudice of her stepchild.

她的善良 、 友好与体贴很快打消了其继子对她的偏见.

5. Demography has a reputation for being the stepchild of . economics ( Louis Pol )

与经济学相比,人口统计学被认为没有受到足够的重视 ( 路易斯波尔 )