relative
美 [?rel?t?v] 
英 ['rel?t?v]
- n.親屬；親戚；同類事物
- adj.相比較而言的；比較的；相對的；相關聯的
- 網絡相對定位；相關的；親人
詞形變化
復數：relatives 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 相比較而言的；比較的considered and judged by being compared with sth else |
| the relative merits of the two plans 相比較之下兩個計劃各自的優點 |
2. | ~ (to sth) 相對的；相關聯的considered according to its position or connection with sth else |
| the position of the sun relative to the earth 太陽與地球的相對位置 |
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) . 他們現在過得比較舒適。 |
| Given the failure of the previous plan, this turned out to be a relative success. 由于前面那個計劃失敗了，這個計劃算是比較成功的。 |
| 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. 不過，一切都是相對的，是不是？我小的時候，我們根本沒有錢，500 塊錢對于我們來說就是很大的一筆錢了。 |
4. | ~ to sth 關于（或涉及）…的having a connection with sth; referring to sth |
| the facts relative to the case 與這個案件有關的事實 |
5. | （指代前面的名詞、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 是關系代詞，而 who came 是關系從句。 |
1. | 親戚；親屬a person who is in the same family as sb else |
| a close/distant relative 近親；遠親 |
| her friends and relatives 她的親友 |
2. | 同類事物a thing that belongs to the same group as sth else |
| The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat. 北山羊與石山羊有較遠的親緣關系。 |
英漢解釋
adj. | 1. 相對的;相關的;以(他物)為準的,相應的,成比例的 (to) 相比較的 |
n. | |
英英解釋
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.
相反的作用發生在球的另一側（空氣流速較慢）。
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機制可以用來讓外部標志符跟你程序中的任何段或組相關聯。
What traders inferred yesterday was that to the Fed, these absolute levels do not matter, only the relative pace.
交易員們昨天的推斷是，對美聯儲來說，這些絕對的價格水平并不重要，重要的是相對的運行步伐。
Johnson told me, with an amiable fondness, a little pleasing circumstance relative to this work.
約翰遜極親熱地告訴了我有關這部作品的一件小小的溫暖往事。
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.
我現在非常絕望，感覺好像失去了一位親人。瑪利亞·卡欽斯基是個了不起的女人，善良，有一顆金子般的心。
Going in and out of a relative balance is a natural process that happens constantly throughout the cycle of life.
達到或失去相對平衡是在生命周期中不斷發生的自然事件。
The methods of this report should be generalizable to monitor movement of any molecule relative to any nucleic acid.
這一方法的報告應推廣監測運動的任何分子相對任何核酸。
Didymus told me to ask my sociology teacher: "Is hunger relative, just like you say poverty is relative? "
迪戴莫斯讓我問我的社會學教師，“饑餓也是相對的嗎，就像你說貧困是相對的那樣？”
Does it matter how much money you bring home or does it matter how much money you make relative to other people?
你賺多少錢重要，還是你相對于其他人賺多賺少重要？
Albert Einstein predicted this in 1905, when he introduced the concept of relative times as part of his Special Theory of Relativity.
阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦早在1905年就對此有所預言，當時他提出了相對時間的概念，并把它作為自己的“狹義相對論”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親戚預約門診并陪同他去看醫生。
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.
那沒有關心孩子們的內在的激勵的父母、只是設法使子女變成一個他所羨慕的親戚或他本人的復制品。
Also, the general policy of unity against the enemy would be undermined if this relative freedom were denied or voluntarily abandoned.
如果被人抹殺或自己拋棄這種相對的自由權，那就也會破壞團結對敵的總方針。
It was one thing to try to hold the euro together from a position of relative strength in the core.
試圖從核心相對堅強的位置團結歐元是一回事。
It has been a tremendous relative benefit to big business, and a barrier to entrepreneurs and small firms.
這對大公司來講利益還相對巨大，但對創業者和小公司卻是一個障礙。
They used to be able to control the flow of information on televison or in newspapers with relative ease.
過去，這些政府能夠相對容易地控制電視或報紙的信息流動。
Detailed simulation and with relative protocol show that this protocol achieves good efficiency and scalability.
根據仿真結果以及與相關協議的對比，證明了此協議的有效性和可擴展性。
Tom's folks, Muley said, HAD gone to a relative's place preparatory to going west. Muley was the only sharecropper to stay behind.
莫利還告訴他們說湯姆的親屬也已經搬到一個親戚那里準備到西部去。莫利是唯一留下不走的佃農。
Affordability has long been a challenge for the state, thanks to its sunny beaches and relative scarcity of buildable lots.
由于加州陽光明媚的海岸眾多，并且可建筑用地相對缺乏，讓人們買得起房一直是加州政府面臨的一項挑戰。
The ranking domain provides a means of composing the set of entries that are to be ranked relative to one another.
等級域提供一種方法，可以組合那些與其他條目具有相對等級的條目。
He wasn't uncle to any of us; he was merely married to a distant relative of our parents' generation.
他其實不是我們任何一人的嫡親姑父；只不過和我們父輩的一位遠親結了婚罷了。
This, in turn, was one of the factors that contributed to the appreciation of the dollar relative to other major currencies.
這樣又轉過來成為促進美元對其它主要貨幣升值的因素之一。
The appearance and apparent size of Venus as seen from the earth depend upon the relative positions of the two planets and the sun.
從地球上看到的金星的外貌和視在尺度取決于它與地球、太陽的相對位置。
If you were content to remain at rest or in uniform motion relative to an unaccelerated frame of reference, no force would be needed.
如果你愿意相對于一個非加速的參照系去保持靜止或勻速運動，并不需要有力作用。
If tests were stopped, the relative weapons position of the United States would be satisfactory.
如果停止試驗，美國在同類武器方面的地位是令人滿意的。
A liquid drop removed from a sheet or jet may be exposed to the aerodynamic pressure effect of a high relative gas velocity.
離開液膜或射流的液滴，可能會受到高的相對速度氣體的氣動壓力影響。
One aspect of living standards in which Japan lays behind its national income level relative to other developed nations is housing.
日本同其它發達國家比較，在生活水平上落后于它的國民收入水平的一個方面是住房。
Only later were the tissue isolates reduced to their minimum size to produce the maximum relative growth rates.
只有到后來，離體組織減少到它們的最小體積而產生最大的相對生長速率。
Note that the prefixes in our equation tell us the relative number of atoms and molecules involved.
注意反應式的系數說明了所涉及的原子和分子的相對數目。
While the country is in a relative depression, it can still live for a time off its fat.
當這個國家處于相對來說不景氣的狀態中時，它仍能靠消耗儲備生存一個時期。
If the average slip velocity is zero, there is no holdup of one phase relative to the other.
如果平均滑移速度為0，也就沒有一相對另一相的滯留。
It did harm the relative power of the Japanese state.
它損害了日本國的相對實力。
Thus when we speak of "the velocity of an automobile, " we usually mean its velocity relative to the earth.
因此，當我們談到“某汽車的速度”時，通常是相對于地面的速度。
The major semiaxis a and p of the relative orbital motion are known.
我們知道其相對軌道運動的主要半長軸a和周期p。
The measured values of k1s partly reflect the relative donor power.
測定K1S值就可以部分地反映其相對給電子能力。
It was a call from a relative in Port Harcourt telling me what I already knew but was now confirmed.
一個在PortHarcourt的親戚打電話來，確認我早就料到的事已經發生。
Despite the downgrade, "China is a relative bright spot in an otherwise gloomy global economy, " said the World Bank's David Dollar.
盡管降級，“中國是一個相對的亮點，在一個暗淡的全球經濟中說，”世界銀行的杜大偉。
The relative size of Planet X, along the edge of the Sun, has been computed by an observer.
沿著太陽邊緣的行星X的相對大小被一位觀測者計算了出來。
It doesn't say that he was honorable in an absolute sense, but rather that he was more honorable relative to his brothers.
圣經并沒說他是絕對尊貴的，只是相對他的弟兄們。
In such a setting , the relative strength of political parties might have an independent influence on the adoption of fair- housing laws .
在這種背景下，政黨的力量有可能對公平住房法的采用產生不依賴其他任何一方的影響。
What was more surprising was the relative lack of political, media and market attention to the manipulator report.
比較令人意外的，是政界、媒體和市場對美國財政部的匯率報告都相對缺乏關注。
Except whiter stage, the relative moisture of active layer in other four stages is generally above that of weather station in a whole day .
活動面相對濕度除越冬期外其余四個時期全天則普遍高于氣象站相對濕度。
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.
他們發現動物腦面積的大小和動物的身體以及社會化的習性有著密切的關系。
As the matter of fact, lasting forever, needs two persons both believe and the the love change into relative.
原來，永遠，要兩個人都相信才有，只有在愛情變為親情的時候才有。
Some Chien-wen of the mind and the history books, the time set out in a year or more some of relative fault.
有些簡文所記與史書所載的時間相錯一年或更多些。
With the near future looking dim, rural families may find that it's their turn to help out a returning relative.
在不久的將來前途暗淡，農村家庭可能會發現，該輪到他們來幫助了返鄉的家人了。
I think we've got to be very positive, given our relative performance.
我覺得從我們的表現來看我們已經盡力了。
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，當選總統最重要的情報分析員在告訴奧巴馬，美國正面臨相對衰落。
Relative to the direct advertising, sports sponsorship effect natural, easy to be accepted.
相對于直白的廣告，體育贊助的效果自然、易于被接受。
The relative pronoun is often dropped if it is the subject.
關系代名詞做受詞時常被省略。
LASIK has advantages over other procedures: a relative lack of eye pain and the fact that good vision is usually achieved quickly.
LASIK手術的優勢，其他程序：相對缺乏眼痛，事實上，良好的視力通常是迅速取得。
After taking a quick look at the composition book . Balzac asked the woman whether she was the child's relative or not .
在快速的掃了一眼他的作文本之后。巴爾扎克問那位女士這個孩子是不是她的親戚。
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，機敏的商人朋友也無力回天。
At this point it might be worth considering the relative merits of skipping the pill and simply quaffing one's own urine.
在這點上它值得考慮相對省略藥丸優點和簡單飲用自己的尿。
How much demand these bonds would attract relative to short- and intermediate-dated debt, however, is questionable.
不過相比短期和中期券種，這些債券能吸引到多少需求是個問題。
