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relative
relətɪv ˈrɛlətɪv
Word forms: plural relatives
1 N-COUNT 亲戚;亲属;家属 Your relatives are the members of your family. 亲戚;亲属;家属

  • Do relatives of yours still live in Siberia?.

    你的亲属仍然住在西伯利亚吗？

  • Get a relative to look after the children.

    找一个亲戚来照看孩子。

SYN relation, connection, kinsman or kinswoman, member of your or the family
2 ADJ [ADJ n] 相对的 You use relative to say that something is true to a certain degree, especially when compared with other things of the same kind. 相对的

  • The fighting resumed after a period of relative calm.

    战斗在相对平静的一段时间之后再次打响。

  • It is a cancer that can be cured with relative ease.

    这是一种相对来说比较容易治疗的癌症。

  • Pedestrian zones mean that children can play in relative safety.

    步行区域意味着孩子们可以在那里相对安全地玩耍。

SYN comparative, considerable, reasonable, moderate
3 ADJ [ADJ n] 相对的;比较而言的 You use relative when you are comparing the quality or size of two things. 相对的;比较而言的

  • They chatted about the relative merits of London and Paris as places to live.

    他们聊起了伦敦和巴黎两座城市相比较都有哪些宜居的优点。

  • I reflected on the relative importance of education in 50 countries.

    我思考了50个国家相对而言对教育的重视程度。

  • ...the relative strength of the central and state governments.

    中央政府和州政府的相对力量

SYN corresponding, comparable, respective, comparative
4 PREP-PHRASE 与…相比;与…有关;涉及;关于 Relative to something means with reference to it or in comparison with it. 与…相比;与…有关;涉及;关于

  • Japanese interest rates rose relative to America's.

    日本利率随美国利率上浮。

  • House prices now look cheap relative to earnings.

    相对收入而言房价现在看起来比较便宜。

  • The satellite remains in one spot relative to the earth's surface.

    相对地球表面而言，这颗卫星位置固定。

5 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] 相对的;比较而言的 If you say that something is relative, you mean that it needs to be considered and judged in relation to other things. 相对的;比较而言的

  • Fitness is relative; one must always ask 'Fit for what?'.

    “适合”是相对而言的;应该常常问一问“适合什么？”

  • Truth is relative.

    真理是相对的。

6 N-COUNT 亲缘动物（或植物、语言、发明等) If one animal, plant, language, or invention is a relative of another, they have both developed from the same type of animal, plant, language, or invention. 亲缘动物（或植物、语言、发明等)

  • The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen. [+ of]

    雉与珍珠鸡有很近的亲缘关系。

Quotations
Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself H.L. Mencken Prejudices
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity Albert Einstein
Word Partnership
Word PartnershipUse relative with:
ADJ.

close relative, distant relative 1

N.

friend and relative 1

relative calm, relative ease, relative safety, relative stability 2

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