relative /ˈrɛlətɪv/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Your relatives are the members of your family. 亲属

  例：

  Get a relative to look after the children.

  找个亲戚来照看这些孩子。

• 2. 

  ADJ 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 [ADJ n]

  例：

  The fighting resumed after a period of relative calm.

  战斗在一段相对的平静之后重新开始。

• 3. 

  ADJ You use relative when you are comparing the quality or size of two things. 比较而言的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  They chatted about the relative merits of London and Paris as places to live.

  他们闲聊伦敦与巴黎作为居住地各自相对的优点。

• 4. 

  PHRASE Relative to something means with reference to it or in comparison with it. 与…相比

  例：

  Japanese interest rates rose relative to America's.

  日本的利率与美国相比有所上升。

• 5. 

  ADJ 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

  例：

  Fitness is relative; one must always ask "Fit for what?"

  适宜是相对的；始终必须问问：“适宜什么？”

• 6. 

  N-COUNT 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. 亲缘物种; 同源事物

  例：

  The pheasant is a close relative of the guinea hen.

  这种雉鸡和这种珍珠鸡是亲缘物种。