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N-COUNT
亲戚;亲属;家属
Your relatives are the members of your family.
例句
Do relatives of yours still live in Siberia?...
你的亲属仍然住在西伯利亚吗?
Get a relative to look after the children.
找一个亲戚来照看孩子。
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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.
例句
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。
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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ADJ
相对的;比较而言的
You use relative when you are comparing the quality or size of two things.
例句
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。
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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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.
例句
Japanese interest rates rose relative to America's...
日本利率随美国利率上浮。
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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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.
例句
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?”
Truth is relative.
真理是相对的。
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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.
例句
The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.
雉与珍珠鸡有很近的亲缘关系。