1888, "pertaining to the family," from French familial, from Latin familia (see family). Meaning "hereditary" is from 1895; from 1903 as "family-like." Earlier familiar also had been used in the sense "of or pertaining to one's family" (late 14c.).
权威例句
1. Gerard also took on wider familial respon-sibilities.
杰勒德还承担了更多的家庭责任。
2. Colonic carcinomas arising in patients with familial polyposis of the colon are frequently multiple.
家族性息肉症患者发生的结肠癌常常是多发的.
3. If a disease has a genetic basis, it will occur in familial aggregates.
如果一种疾病有遗传基础, 它将以家族聚集性的方式发生.
4. Objective : To study the pathogenesis of a homozygous patient with familial hypercholesterolemia.
目的: 研究家族性高胆固醇血症纯合子患者的发病机理.
5. Being in a familial relation grants character a new title.