亲属: kin, kindred, relatives...
接二连三: one after another (idiom), in quick succession...
讨厌: to dislike, to loathe, disagreeable, troublesome, annoying...
纯净水: purified water...
常年: all year round, for years on end, average year...
遵循: to follow, to abide by, to comply with, compliance...
开玩笑: to play a joke, to make fun of, to joke...
目的: purpose, aim, goal, target, objective...
天经地义: heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); right and proper, right and unalterable, a matter of course...
收缩: to pull back, to shrink, to contract, (physiology) systole...
