She enjoyed the relative informality of island life.
她喜欢相对轻松随意的岛屿生活。
Economic reform has brought relative wealth to peasant farmers.
经济改革使农民相对富裕起来。
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。
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。
Equally striking, however, is the relative stability of the climate in the past 10 years.
然而，同样引人注目的是过去10年里气候的相对稳定。
In the West at least, most food is now far cheaper to buy in relative terms than it was in 1960.
至少在西方，相对于1960年来说，现在大多数食品的价格要便宜得多。
By following the fossils, Smith was able to put all the strata of England's earth into relative temporal sequence.
通过研究这些化石，史密斯能够把英国土地所有的地层按相对的时间顺序排列起来。
Albert Einstein predicted this in 1905, when he introduced the concept of relative time as part of his special theory of relativity.
阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦在1905年预测到了这一点，当时他在狭义相对论中引入了相对时间的概念。
Much recent work has examined the claim that women encounter increasing obstacles relative to men as they move up the organizational ladder in business.
最近的很多研究都探讨了这样一种说法：在企业中，女性在晋升过程中遇到的障碍相对于男性会越来越多。
Also, because of their relative locations, the four Jovian planets are known as the outer planets, while the terrestrial planets are known as the inner planets.
同样，由于它们的相对位置，四颗类木行星被称为外行星，而类地行星被称为内行星。
When Watts looked into the history of "the greatest painting of all time", he discovered that, for most of its life, the "Mona Lisa" remained in relative obscurity.
当瓦茨调查这幅“有史以来最伟大的画作”的历史时，他发现在大部分时间里，《蒙娜丽莎》都处于相对默默无闻的状态。
He points out that it is possible to identify specific factors as the primary causes of a particular historical event only relative to an initial set of background conditions.
他指出，只有相对于初始的背景条件，才有可能将特定因素确定为特定历史事件的主要原因。
Because warm air can hold more moisture than cool air, the relative humidity will be constant only if the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere increases as the temperature rises.
因为温暖的空气比冷空气能容纳更多的湿气，所以只有当大气中的水蒸气量随着温度的升高而增加时，相对湿度才会保持不变。
No language is perfect, and if we admit this truth, we must also admit that it is not unreasonable to investigate the relative merits of different languages or of different details in languages.
没有一种语言是完美的，如果我们承认这一点，我们也必须承认，研究不同语言或语言中不同细节的相对优点并不是没有道理的。
They weighed up the relative merits of the four candidates.
他们对四名候选人各自的优点作了比较。
The doctor may seek the concurrence of a relative before carrying out the procedure.
医生可以征得亲属的同意后再施行此项手术。
Social workers and experts on aging offer caregivers and potential caregivers help when arranging for the care of an elderly relative.
社会工作者和老龄问题专家为看护人和潜在的看护人在安排照顾老年亲属方面提供帮助。
Value is almost never absolute; rather, we decide an object's value relative to our other choices.
价值几乎从不是绝对的；相反，我们根据其他选择来决定一个东西的价值。
I 'd love to see examples of cities that overperform on happiness relative to their economic factors.
我很想看到一些城市在幸福指数方面表现得比它们的经济因素更好的例子。
Our conclusions: simultaneity is relative.
我们的结论是：同时性是相对的。
They are also humans' closest relative among primates.
它们也是灵长类动物中与人类最为接近的亲戚。
This close to London, their relative tranquillity is prized by locals.
它靠近伦敦，其相对安静的环境倍受当地人的赞誉。
That gives dentists more pricing power relative to other medical providers.
这给了牙医相对其它医疗服务提供者更大的议价权。
As a treat from a relative, we are staying in the Hilton for the first night.
作为一位亲戚对我们的款待，我们第一夜住在希尔顿酒店。
Ironically, the property fund had performed quite well relative to its peers.
具有讽刺意义的是，该物业基金在同类产品中已算表现很好了。
Efficiency, as Rizzo points out, can only be meaningful relative to a given goal.
正如里索指出的，效率只有相对于一个既定的目的才能有意义。
XCache is a relative newcomer, but many sites are reporting good results with it.
XCache相对较新，但是很多站点使用它的效果都很好。
XCache is a relative newcomer, but many sites are reporting good results with it.
XCache相对较新，但是很多站点使用它的效果都很好。
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