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Relative N Count Adj 例:The 相对的;比较而言的 Things Animal Plant

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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