relative

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n. 亲戚, 关系词 a. 有关系的, 相对的, 比较的

发音

US /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
US /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
IN /rɪˈle.ʈɪʋ/

词形变化

relatives 复数 relatives

别名

FRAN rel.

教材释义与例句

名词

亲戚;相关物;[语] 关系词;亲缘植物

a member of your family

形容词

相对的;有关系的;成比例的

having a particular quality when compared with something else

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

    语言学
  2. 2.

    Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.

    亲戚

  3. 3.

    Something kindred or related to something else.

    比喻
adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados I once knew a case—possibly I read of it—where a pack of cards lay on the floor. It was a murder case and the guilt or innocence of an accused man depended on the relative positions of the fifty-first and fifty-second cards.

  2. 2.

    Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.

    计算机 工程 数学

    URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.

  3. 3.

    Depending on an antecedent; comparative.

    有关的

    相对的

    关连的

    语言学

    The words “big” and “small” are relative.

  4. 4.

    Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.

    音乐
  5. 5.

    Relevant; pertinent; related.

    古体 罕用

    relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...

  6. 6.

    Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of relatively.

    美国

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”). By surface analysis, relate + -ive.

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