relative

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

Get a relative to look after the children. 找個(gè)親慼來(lái)照看這些孩子。

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. 相對(duì)的[ADJ n]

The fighting resumed after a period of relative calm. 戰(zhàn)鬭在一段相對(duì)的平靜之後重新開(kāi)始。

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

They chatted about the relative merits of London and Paris as places to live. 他們閑聊倫敦與巴黎作爲(wèi)居住地各自相對(duì)的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。

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

Japanese interest rates rose relative to America's. 日本的利率與美國(guó)相比有所上陞。

5. ADJ If you say that something is relative, you mean that it needs to be considered and judged in relation to other things. 相對(duì)的

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

適宜是相對(duì)的；始終必須問(wèn)問(wèn)：“適宜什麼？”

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. 親緣物種; 同源事物

The pheasant is a close relative of the guinea hen. 這種雉雞和這種珍珠雞是親緣物種。