maternal relatives

• 母系亲属

maternal relatives的用法和样例：

例句

1. Nevertheless, in those societies in which matrilineal descent occurs, access to socially powerful positions is mediated through the maternal line of kin.
   无论如何，在那些母权宗系遗传的社会，是由母系亲属来掌握社会上最有权力的地位。