英汉词典

relative 基本解释

• adj. 相对的；有关系的；成比例的
• n. 亲戚；相关物；[语] 关系词；亲缘植物

relative 词态变化

relative 中文词源

来自 relation,联系，关联，亲属，-ive,形容词后缀。

relative 英文词源

relative (n.)

late 14c., "a relative pronoun," from Old French relatif (13c.), from Late Latin relativus "having reference or relation," from Latin relatus, past participle of referre "to refer" (see refer). Meaning "person in the same family" first recorded 1650s.

relative (adj.)

early 15c., "having reference," from Middle French relatif and directly from Late Latin relativus (see relative (n.)). Meaning "compared to each other" is from 1590s; that of "depending on a relationship to something else" is from 1610s.

relative 词组搭配

relative 英文释义

1. a person related by blood or marriage;

"police are searching for relatives of the deceased"

"he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

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

relative 同义词解析

relative, relation

这两个名词均有"亲戚，亲属"之意。

relative： 普通用词，常可与relation换用，有时指一般的亲戚。

relation： 一般指因血统或婚烟关系形成的亲戚。

relative 双语例句

1. An employer can demand written certification that the relative is really ill.

雇主可以要求出具书面证明，证实员工的亲人确实病了。

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2. Economic reform has brought relative wealth to peasant farmers.

经济改革给农民带来了相对的财富。

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3. The person can transfer from wheelchair to seat with relative ease.

那个人可以比较轻松地从轮椅上移到座位上。

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4. The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.

雉与珍珠鸡有很近的亲缘关系。

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5. The weak dollar means American goods are relative bargains for foreigners.

美元疲软意味着美国的产品对外国人来说相对便宜。

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relative 实用场景例句

the relative merits of the two plans

相比较之下两个计划各自的优点

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the position of the sun relative to the earth

太阳与地球的相对位置

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They now live in relative comfort (= compared with how they lived before) .

他们现在过得比较舒适。

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Given the failure of the previous plan, this turned out to be a relative success.

由于前面那个计划失败了，这个计划算是比较成功的。

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It's all relative though, isn't it? We never had any money when I was a kid and $500 was a fortune to us.

不过，一切都是相对的，是不是？我小的时候，我们根本没有钱，500块钱对于我们来说就是很大的一笔财富了。

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the facts relative to the case

与这个案件有关的事实

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In ‘the man who came ’, ‘who ’ is a relative pronoun and ‘who came ’ is a relative clause .

在the man who came中，who是关系代词，而who came是关系从句。

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a close/distant relative

近 / 远亲

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her friends and relatives

她的亲友

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The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat.

北山羊与石山羊有较远的亲缘关系。

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Do relatives of yours still live in Siberia?...

你的亲属仍然住在西伯利亚吗？

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Get a relative to look after the children.

找一个亲戚来照看孩子。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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Japanese interest rates rose relative to America's...

日本利率随美国利率上浮。

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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。

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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？”

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Truth is relative.

真理是相对的。

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The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.

雉与珍珠鸡有很近的亲缘关系。

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What do you like to do in your spare time?

空闲时你喜欢干什么?

辞典例句

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.

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A distant relative is not as good as a near neighbour.

远亲不如近邻.

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I have a distant relative in this small town.

在这个小镇上我有一个远亲.

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Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.

运动是绝对的,而静止是相对的.

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