relative
相关的;相对的;相互有关的;比较而言的
亲属,亲戚;相关物;亲缘植物(或动物);[语法学]关系词
变形
复数:relatives
双语释义
- 相对的,比较的 considered in relation or proportion to sb/sth else; comparative
- [C]亲属,亲戚relation
英英释义
relative[ 'relətiv ]
- n.
- a person related by blood or marriage
"police are searching for relatives of the deceased"
同义词:relation
- an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
同义词:congenercongenatorcongeneric
- a person related by blood or marriage
- adj.
- not absolute or complete
"a relative stranger"
- properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
"earnings relative to production"
同义词:proportional
- not absolute or complete
词汇搭配
- have no relatives没有亲戚
- the close〔distant〕 relative近〔远〕亲
- the elderly relatives年长的亲属
词组短语
relative humidity相对湿度
relative error相对误差
relative position相对位置
relative standard相对标准;相关标准
relative motion相对运动
relative density 相对密度(等于specific gravity)
relative permeability相对渗透率;相对磁导率;空间磁导率
relative importance相对重要性
relative standard deviation相对标准偏差;相对标准差
relative stability相对稳定度,相对稳定性;稳定比值
relative theory相对论,相对理论
relative merits优缺点;相比较而言的优点
relative molecular mass相对分子质量
relative movement相对运动
relative value相对价值;相对值
relative displacement相对位移;相对排量
relative analysis n. 对比分析
relative strength相对强势
relative velocity[物]相对速度
relative efficiency相对效率;相对有效性;相对效能
同近义词辨析
这组词都有“亲戚、亲属”的意思,其区别是:
relation一般指因血统或婚烟关系形成的亲戚。
relative普通用词,常可与relation换用,有时指一般的亲戚。
双语例句
- Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.
运动是绝对的,而静止是相对的。 - They are now living in relative comfort.
他们现在过着比较安逸的生活。 - Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated.
与其面积相比, 这个城市的人口是稀少的。 - The teacher asked me some questions relative to my paper.
老师问了我一些和我的论文有关的问题。
- He showed such concern that people took him to be a relative.
他很关心别人,因而大家都把他当作亲人。