| 单词 | relative |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[ˈrelətɪv] 美[ˈrɛlətɪv] |
| 解释 | adj.相关的;相对的;相互有关的;比较而言的;n.亲属,亲戚;相关物;亲缘植物(或动物);[语法学]关系词; |
| 例句 | N-COUNT 亲戚;亲属;家属 Your relatives are the members of your family. 例:Do relatives of yours still live in Siberia?...你的亲属仍然住在西伯利亚吗? 例:Get a relative to look after the children.找一个亲戚来照看孩子。 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. 例: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。 例: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。 ADJ 相对的;比较而言的 You use relative when you are comparing the quality or size of two things. 例: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。 例: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。 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. 例:Japanese interest rates rose relative to America's...日本利率随美国利率上浮。 例: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。 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. 例: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?” 例:Truth is relative.真理是相对的。 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. 例:The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.雉与珍珠鸡有很近的亲缘关系。 |
| 变形 | pl:relatives~ |
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