| 词汇 | relative |
| 释义 | relative noun[ C ] uk /ˈrel.ə.tɪv/ us /ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/ B1 a member of your family: 亲戚，亲属 blood relative I don't have many blood relatives (= people related to me by birth rather than by marriage).我没有几个有血缘关系的亲戚。 close/distant relativeAll her close/distant relatives came to the wedding.她所有的近亲／远亲都来参加她的婚礼了。 your relatives relativeAll my relatives gather every year for a family reunion. extended familyHe has a very large extended family. relationShe is a distant relation of his, though I don't quite remember how. kinHe remained true to his kin. mother's/father's side (of the family)I have aunts and uncles on my mother's side of the family. The children are being cared for by a relative.孩子们由一位亲戚照料着。 There weren't many people at the funeral - just close family relatives.葬礼上没有多少人——只有一些至亲。 I live in Cambridge, but my relatives live up north in Manchester. It is women who mainly shoulder responsibility for the care of elderly and disabled relatives.承担照顾老人和残疾亲属责任的主要都是女人。 Sundry distant relatives, most of whom I hardly recognized, turned up for my brother's wedding.远房亲戚都来参加我哥哥的婚礼，大多数我都不太认识。 Family: relations in general anti-family aunt auntie baby daddy baby mama family man father fatherhood filial filially kinship kinsman kinswoman kith and kin long-lost relationally relationship removed second cousin sib relative adjective formaluk /ˈrel.ə.tɪv/ us /ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/ relativeadjective (COMPARING)C1 being judged or measured in comparison with something else: 相比较而言的；比较的 We weighed up the relative advantages of driving there or going by train.我们权衡了一下，看看开车去那儿和乘火车去哪种方式更有利。 true to a particular degree when compared with other things: 相对的；相比之下有的 Since I got a job, I've been living in relative comfort (= more comfort than before).自从我有了工作，日子过得就相对舒适一些了。 The relative cheapness of foreign travel means that more people are going abroad than ever before.境外旅游相对便宜，这就意味着要出国的人比以往要多。 We've lived here for 15 years, but we're relative newcomers to the village. Now that the civil war is over, relative normality has returned to the south of the country.由于内战已经结束，该国南部又恢复到了相对正常的状态。 He rose from relative obscurity to worldwide recognition.他从默默无闻一下变成世界闻名。 There is a chart on the classroom wall showing the relative heights of all the children.教室墙上有一张图表，显示出所有孩子的相对身高。 Comparing and contrasting analogy antithesis apple as againstidiom balance something against something comparative contradistinction contrast contrastive contrastively cross-reference measure mutatis mutandis next nonrelative perspective relatively shame stack stack up relativeadjective (CONNECTED)music specialized A relative key or scale(= set of notes based on a particular note) has the same key signature(= set of sharps and flats) as another key or scale, usually because one is major and the other is minor, so they share the same notes: The andante movement in the relative major is quietly serene. The penultimate movement is in the relative key of C major. relative to C2 If something is relative to something else, it changes according to the speed or level of the other thing: 按…的比例；与…相应 The amount of petrol a car uses is relative to its speed.汽车耗油量和其行驶速度是成比例的。 formal If something is relative to a particular subject, it is connected with it: 与…相关；有关；涉及 Are these documents relative to the discussion?这些文件和我们讨论的问题有关吗？ Technical music terms acciaccatura accidental aeolian aleatory alto clef antiphonal discordant harmonic harmonic progression harmony hemidemisemiquaver inversion overtone rubato scherzando scordatura secco recitative secondo staccato whole step relative | American Dictionaryrelative adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈrel·ə·t̬ɪv/ relativeadjective[not gradable] (COMPARED WITH)as judged or measured in comparison with something else: We considered the relative merits of flying to Washington or taking the train. Relative to (= Considering) birthweight, the newborns were doing well. relativelyadverb[ not gradable ]us/ˈrel·ə·t̬ɪv·li/ The stereo was relatively inexpensive. relative noun[ C ] us/ˈrel·ə·t̬ɪv/ relativenoun[C] (FAMILY)a member of your family: All her relatives came to the wedding. relative | Business Englishrelative adjective uk /ˈrelətɪv/us having a particular characteristic or value compared to other things of a similar type: The Chancellor of the Exchequer talked about the UK's relative growth performance compared with "core" Europe. relative importance/strength/size relative cost/priceInternational borrowers have seen the relative cost of their loans rise slightly in the past six months. a relative newcomer/unknownThe firm is a relative newcomer to the world of futures trading. relative to sth compared to something else: Official figures probably understate Europe's growth relative to America. Pay in many white-collar jobs has been stagnating relative to inflation. relative to earnings/income/salesMotoring costs are forecast to increase even further over the next ten years relative to income. relative to sb's competitors/peersSteps taken now to address climate change can improve a company's competitive position relative to its peers. Examples of relativerelative Physicians must learn that it is important to disclose the risks and benefits of procedures and alternatives to patients and their relatives. The paper takes a structural approach, identifying the characteristics of households, proximity to relatives, frequency of contact, intergenerational transfers and non-kin relationships. In many cases, older people's property and assets are utilised in commercial activities by their relatives, particularly their children. Even among biological relatives there are significant differences in temperament. Studies that identify putative risk factors for the development of bipolar disorder in high-risk children with first-degree relatives with bipolar disorder are also clearly needed. Changes in attribution and expressed emotion among the relatives of patients with schizophrenia. Increased morbid risk for schizophrenia-related disorders in relatives of schizotypal personality disorder patients. Likewise, the obligatory fronting of this constituent places even the zero pronoun in the normal position of the relatives. Reversionary grants provided economic security during a woman's lifetime at minimal expense to her male relatives. In addition, polyploid forms of plants can adapt to more extreme conditions than their diploid relatives and are thus of great practical value. Resemblance between relatives for any trait can be attributable to environmental correlations. Two main clades were produced consisting of the botanical varieties and the other clade consisted of wild relatives. How different are we at the level of the genome from our closest living relatives among the primates ? Covariance of relatives stemming from a population undergoing mixed self and random mating. Horsetails and ferns are a monophyletic group and the closest living relatives to seed plants. See all examples of relative These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withrelativerelativeThese are words often used in combination with relative. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. affected relative At the time that the interviews were scheduled, the proband and affected relative were told that they would be mailed a packet of self-rating assessments. aged relative Many tens of thousands of women have left the labour force to work full-time looking after an aged relative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 bereaved relative The systematic review of bereavement interventions included a survey of so-called 'systemsoriented' approaches, including palliative care, hospice care, and care co-ordination33 and their effects on the outcome of bereaved relatives. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with relative |
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