relative

英[ˈrelətɪv]美[ˈrelətɪv]

n.亲戚，同类事物；

adj.相对的，比较的，相比之下存在，关于，指代前面句子（的一部分）；

复数：relatives;

例句

These are the facts relative to the problem.这些都是与这问题有关的事实。

Relative to the size,the city is sparsely populated.与其面积相比,这个城市的人口是稀少的。

For holidays, I prefer the relative seclusion of the countryside.度假的时候，我较喜欢乡间相对的幽静。

a restrictive relative clause限定性关系从句

A stranger who is kind is a relative;an unkind relative is a stranger.善良的陌生人是亲戚,冷漠的亲戚是陌生人。

My uncle is my nearest relative.叔叔是我*近的亲人。

All things are relative.一切事物都是相比较而存在的。

Let's make a relative study of the two languages.让我们将这两种语言作一下比较研究。

He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后, 生活比较孤寂。

If he dies without making a will, his closest relative will inherit.如果他没有立下遗嘱就去世了, 他的至亲将成为其继承人。

英语六级真题

That relative strength would be consistent with what was seen in the wider retail industry during the early part of the holiday season.

One relative bright spot for Macy's during the holiday season was the online channel, where it rang up double-digit increases in sales and a 25% increase in the number of orders it filled.

By raising relative demand for clean energy sources, a carbon price would also help align the market return to clean-energy innovation with its social return, spurring the refinement of existing technologies and the development of new ones.

One useful way is to distinguish between three degrees of poverty—extreme poverty,moderate poverty, and relative poverty.

There is an incompatibility in the rate at which these are advancing relative to the way we're digesting it, he said.

Chetty has not yet issued a comprehensive analysis of the relative predictive power of each of these factors.

They find close relatives more reliable.

Mary might as well send her dog to her relative.

Mary is going to get a little dog from one of her relatives.

"There is an incompatibility in the rate at which these are advancing relative to the way we're digesting it," he said.

According to a 2012 survey described in The Atlantic, college reputation ranked lowest in relative importance of attributes in evaluating graduates for hire, beaten out by top factors like internships, employment during college, college major, volunteer e

But we can say that basically a family living in relative poverty has less than a percentage of the average family income.

One relative bright spot for Macy's during the holiday season was the online channel, where it rang up" double-digit" increases in sales and a 25% increase in the number of orders it filled.

Relative poverty is generally considered to be a household income level which is below a given proportion of average family income.

The third kind of poverty is relative poverty.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

亲戚;亲属;家属

Your relatives are the members of your family.

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ADJ

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.

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ADJ

相对的;比较而言的

You use relative when you are comparing the quality or size of two things.

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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.

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ADJ-GRADED

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.

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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.

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英汉词典释义

adj.

相对的; 比较的

相互有关的；休戚与共的

与…有关的；相关的

比较而言的

【语法学】表示关系的

对应的；相应的

n.

亲属, 亲戚

亲缘植物(或动物)

【语法学】关系词

相关物

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a person related by blood or marriage;

2. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

Adjective

1. not absolute or complete;

2. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to';

行业词典

体育： 比较的；相对的；