1 N-COUNT 亲戚;亲属;家属 Your relatives are the members of your family. 亲戚;亲属;家属
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
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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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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
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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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...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
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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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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
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)
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 | Use 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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