relative
美 [ˈrelətɪv] 
英 ['relətɪv]
- n.亲属；亲戚；同类事物
- adj.相比较而言的；比较的；相对的；相关联的
- 网络相对定位；相关的；亲人
词形变化
复数：relatives 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | 相比较而言的；比较的considered and judged by being compared with sth else |
| the relative merits of the two plans 相比较之下两个计划各自的优点 |
2. | ~ (to sth) 相对的；相关联的considered according to its position or connection with sth else |
| the position of the sun relative to the earth 太阳与地球的相对位置 |
3. | [obn] 相比之下存在（或有）的that exists or that has a particular quality only when compared with sth else |
| They now live in relative comfort(= compared with how they lived before) . 他们现在过得比较舒适。 |
| Given the failure of the previous plan, this turned out to be a relative success. 由于前面那个计划失败了，这个计划算是比较成功的。 |
| It's all relative though, isn't it? We never had any money when I was a kid and $500 was a fortune to us. 不过，一切都是相对的，是不是？我小的时候，我们根本没有钱，500 块钱对于我们来说就是很大的一笔钱了。 |
4. | ~ to sth 关于（或涉及）…的having a connection with sth; referring to sth |
| the facts relative to the case 与这个案件有关的事实 |
5. | （指代前面的名词、句子或句子的一部分）referring to an earlier noun, sentence or part of a sentence |
| In ‘the man who came’, ‘who’ is a relative pronoun and ‘who came’ is a relative clause . 在 the man who came 中，who 是关系代词，而 who came 是关系从句。 |
1. | 亲戚；亲属a person who is in the same family as sb else |
| a close/distant relative 近亲；远亲 |
| her friends and relatives 她的亲友 |
2. | 同类事物a thing that belongs to the same group as sth else |
| The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat. 北山羊与石山羊有较远的亲缘关系。 |
英汉解释
adj. | 1. 相对的;相关的;以(他物)为准的,相应的,成比例的 (to) 相比较的 |
n. | |
英英解释
例句
The opposite effect happens on the other side of the ball, where the air travels slower relative to the centre of the ball.
相反的作用发生在球的另一侧（空气流速较慢）。
This default-WRT mechanism can be used to make externals appear to be relative to any group or segment in your program.
缺省的WRT机制可以用来让外部标志符跟你程序中的任何段或组相关联。
What traders inferred yesterday was that to the Fed, these absolute levels do not matter, only the relative pace.
交易员们昨天的推断是，对美联储来说，这些绝对的价格水平并不重要，重要的是相对的运行步伐。
Johnson told me, with an amiable fondness, a little pleasing circumstance relative to this work.
约翰逊极亲热地告诉了我有关这部作品的一件小小的温暖往事。
I'm in despair. I feel as if I've lost a close relative. Maria Kaczynska was a wonderful woman, kind, with a heart of gold.
我现在非常绝望，感觉好像失去了一位亲人。玛利亚·卡钦斯基是个了不起的女人，善良，有一颗金子般的心。
Going in and out of a relative balance is a natural process that happens constantly throughout the cycle of life.
达到或失去相对平衡是在生命周期中不断发生的自然事件。
The methods of this report should be generalizable to monitor movement of any molecule relative to any nucleic acid.
这一方法的报告应推广监测运动的任何分子相对任何核酸。
Didymus told me to ask my sociology teacher: "Is hunger relative, just like you say poverty is relative? "
迪戴莫斯让我问我的社会学教师，“饥饿也是相对的吗，就像你说贫困是相对的那样？”
Does it matter how much money you bring home or does it matter how much money you make relative to other people?
你赚多少钱重要，还是你相对于其他人赚多赚少重要？
Albert Einstein predicted this in 1905, when he introduced the concept of relative times as part of his Special Theory of Relativity.
阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦早在1905年就对此有所预言，当时他提出了相对时间的概念，并把它作为自己的“狭义相对论”的一部分。
You may need to make an appointment on behalf of your friend or relative and go with him or her to see the doctor.
你可能需要代表你的朋友或亲戚预约门诊并陪同他去看医生。
The parent, with no regard for the child's intrinsic urges, seeks to make him over into a replica of an admired relative--or himself.
那没有关心孩子们的内在的激励的父母、只是设法使子女变成一个他所羡慕的亲戚或他本人的复制品。
Also, the general policy of unity against the enemy would be undermined if this relative freedom were denied or voluntarily abandoned.
如果被人抹杀或自己抛弃这种相对的自由权，那就也会破坏团结对敌的总方针。
It was one thing to try to hold the euro together from a position of relative strength in the core.
试图从核心相对坚强的位置团结欧元是一回事。
It has been a tremendous relative benefit to big business, and a barrier to entrepreneurs and small firms.
这对大公司来讲利益还相对巨大，但对创业者和小公司却是一个障碍。
They used to be able to control the flow of information on televison or in newspapers with relative ease.
过去，这些政府能够相对容易地控制电视或报纸的信息流动。
Detailed simulation and with relative protocol show that this protocol achieves good efficiency and scalability.
根据仿真结果以及与相关协议的对比，证明了此协议的有效性和可扩展性。
Tom's folks, Muley said, HAD gone to a relative's place preparatory to going west. Muley was the only sharecropper to stay behind.
莫利还告诉他们说汤姆的亲属也已经搬到一个亲戚那里准备到西部去。莫利是唯一留下不走的佃农。
Affordability has long been a challenge for the state, thanks to its sunny beaches and relative scarcity of buildable lots.
由于加州阳光明媚的海岸众多，并且可建筑用地相对缺乏，让人们买得起房一直是加州政府面临的一项挑战。
The ranking domain provides a means of composing the set of entries that are to be ranked relative to one another.
等级域提供一种方法，可以组合那些与其他条目具有相对等级的条目。
He wasn't uncle to any of us; he was merely married to a distant relative of our parents' generation.
他其实不是我们任何一人的嫡亲姑父；只不过和我们父辈的一位远亲结了婚罢了。
This, in turn, was one of the factors that contributed to the appreciation of the dollar relative to other major currencies.
这样又转过来成为促进美元对其它主要货币升值的因素之一。
The appearance and apparent size of Venus as seen from the earth depend upon the relative positions of the two planets and the sun.
从地球上看到的金星的外貌和视在尺度取决于它与地球、太阳的相对位置。
If you were content to remain at rest or in uniform motion relative to an unaccelerated frame of reference, no force would be needed.
如果你愿意相对于一个非加速的参照系去保持静止或匀速运动，并不需要有力作用。
If tests were stopped, the relative weapons position of the United States would be satisfactory.
如果停止试验，美国在同类武器方面的地位是令人满意的。
A liquid drop removed from a sheet or jet may be exposed to the aerodynamic pressure effect of a high relative gas velocity.
离开液膜或射流的液滴，可能会受到高的相对速度气体的气动压力影响。
One aspect of living standards in which Japan lays behind its national income level relative to other developed nations is housing.
日本同其它发达国家比较，在生活水平上落后于它的国民收入水平的一个方面是住房。
Only later were the tissue isolates reduced to their minimum size to produce the maximum relative growth rates.
只有到后来，离体组织减少到它们的最小体积而产生最大的相对生长速率。
Note that the prefixes in our equation tell us the relative number of atoms and molecules involved.
注意反应式的系数说明了所涉及的原子和分子的相对数目。
While the country is in a relative depression, it can still live for a time off its fat.
当这个国家处于相对来说不景气的状态中时，它仍能靠消耗储备生存一个时期。
If the average slip velocity is zero, there is no holdup of one phase relative to the other.
如果平均滑移速度为0，也就没有一相对另一相的滞留。
It did harm the relative power of the Japanese state.
它损害了日本国的相对实力。
Thus when we speak of "the velocity of an automobile, " we usually mean its velocity relative to the earth.
因此，当我们谈到“某汽车的速度”时，通常是相对于地面的速度。
The major semiaxis a and p of the relative orbital motion are known.
我们知道其相对轨道运动的主要半长轴a和周期p。
The measured values of k1s partly reflect the relative donor power.
测定K1S值就可以部分地反映其相对给电子能力。
It was a call from a relative in Port Harcourt telling me what I already knew but was now confirmed.
一个在PortHarcourt的亲戚打电话来，确认我早就料到的事已经发生。
Despite the downgrade, "China is a relative bright spot in an otherwise gloomy global economy, " said the World Bank's David Dollar.
尽管降级，“中国是一个相对的亮点，在一个暗淡的全球经济中说，”世界银行的杜大伟。
The relative size of Planet X, along the edge of the Sun, has been computed by an observer.
沿着太阳边缘的行星X的相对大小被一位观测者计算了出来。
It doesn't say that he was honorable in an absolute sense, but rather that he was more honorable relative to his brothers.
圣经并没说他是绝对尊贵的，只是相对他的弟兄们。
In such a setting , the relative strength of political parties might have an independent influence on the adoption of fair- housing laws .
在这种背景下，政党的力量有可能对公平住房法的采用产生不依赖其他任何一方的影响。
What was more surprising was the relative lack of political, media and market attention to the manipulator report.
比较令人意外的，是政界、媒体和市场对美国财政部的汇率报告都相对缺乏关注。
Except whiter stage, the relative moisture of active layer in other four stages is generally above that of weather station in a whole day .
活动面相对湿度除越冬期外其余四个时期全天则普遍高于气象站相对湿度。
They discovered that there is a strong link between the size of a brain relative to an animal's body and how sociable that creature is.
他们发现动物脑面积的大小和动物的身体以及社会化的习性有着密切的关系。
As the matter of fact, lasting forever, needs two persons both believe and the the love change into relative.
原来，永远，要两个人都相信才有，只有在爱情变为亲情的时候才有。
Some Chien-wen of the mind and the history books, the time set out in a year or more some of relative fault.
有些简文所记与史书所载的时间相错一年或更多些。
With the near future looking dim, rural families may find that it's their turn to help out a returning relative.
在不久的将来前途暗淡，农村家庭可能会发现，该轮到他们来帮助了返乡的家人了。
I think we've got to be very positive, given our relative performance.
我觉得从我们的表现来看我们已经尽力了。
But it matters that the president-elect is being told by his foremost intelligence analysts that the US faces relative decline.
但重要的是，当选总统最重要的情报分析员在告诉奥巴马，美国正面临相对衰落。
Relative to the direct advertising, sports sponsorship effect natural, easy to be accepted.
相对于直白的广告，体育赞助的效果自然、易于被接受。
The relative pronoun is often dropped if it is the subject.
关系代名词做受词时常被省略。
LASIK has advantages over other procedures: a relative lack of eye pain and the fact that good vision is usually achieved quickly.
LASIK手术的优势，其他程序：相对缺乏眼痛，事实上，良好的视力通常是迅速取得。
After taking a quick look at the composition book . Balzac asked the woman whether she was the child's relative or not .
在快速的扫了一眼他的作文本之后。巴尔扎克问那位女士这个孩子是不是她的亲戚。
In the end, his entrepreneurial friends' cunning failed to protect him from the consequences of his own relative innocence.
最后，他的天真害了自己，机敏的商人朋友也无力回天。
At this point it might be worth considering the relative merits of skipping the pill and simply quaffing one's own urine.
在这点上它值得考虑相对省略药丸优点和简单饮用自己的尿。
How much demand these bonds would attract relative to short- and intermediate-dated debt, however, is questionable.
不过相比短期和中期券种，这些债券能吸引到多少需求是个问题。
