·缘 reason, cause, sake, relationship

　　·无缘无故地 for no reason at all

　　·世上没有无缘无故的爱，也没有无缘无故的恨。

　　There is absolutely no such thing as love or hatred without any reason or cause.

　　·不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中。 I can't tell the true shape of Lushan because I myself am on the mountain.

　　·花径不曾缘客扫。 The garden path has never been cleared for the visit of a guest.

　　·血缘 blood relationship

　　·人缘 relations with people

　　·姻缘 predestined marriage

　　·前世因缘 predestination

　　·天赐良缘 a god-sent marriage; a good marriage arranged in Heaven

　　·天缘巧合 a lucky coincidence

　　·投缘的街坊们 congenial neighbors

　　·化缘 beg for alms

　　·有人缘 enjoy great popularity

　　·喜结良缘 tie the nuptial knot

　　·缔结姻缘 form marital tie

　　·聊得投缘 talk congenially

　　·有缘结识某人 be lucky to get acquainted with sb.

　　·无缘结识某人 have no opportunity to get acquainted with sb.

　　·与某人有一面之缘 happen to have met sb. once

　　·婚姻是缘分。A couple's conjugal fate is prearranged.

　　·他们的结合是美满的姻缘。Their wedlock is a happy marriage.

　　·有缘终相逢。 Fate brings together people who are far apart.

　　·无缘不相逢。 There is no meeting without predestination.

　　·我与烟酒无缘。 Smoking and drinking don't appeal to me.

　　·好事似乎与他无缘。 Good luck seemed to be wholly denied to him.

　　·千里姻缘一线牵。Two beings destined to marry each other, though thousands of miles apart, are tied together with an invisible red thread by an old man under the moonlight.

　　·他们俩有情无缘。 They are attracted to each other but are not fated to be conjugally tied.

　　·机缘巧合，我找到一份工作。 As luck would have it, I found a job.

　　·有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢。 As decreed by providence you have met him; otherwise you might have failed although you traveled a long way.

　　·我发现班里有几个同学和我挺投缘。 I found quite a few classmates congenial to me.

　　·我在班里有人缘。 I am popular with my classmates.

　　·真遗憾，我们无缘相见。 It is a pity that we have no opportunity to meet each other.

　　(文/侍风艳； 英语辅导报高中教师版 04~05学年度第26期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)