relative的经典引文是：Discussed the relative advantages of tulips and asparagus.出自：E. Waugh。relative的意思是adj.相对的；比较的；相关的；n.亲戚；[语]关系词。relative的读音是英['rel?t?v]；美['rel?t?v]。
一、详尽释义点此查看relative的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、英英释义
"police are searching for relatives of the deceased"
"he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
"a relative stranger"
"the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"
"earnings relative to production"
四、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。
五、常用短语
六、情景对话
家庭
A：Tell me about your family, Simon. Are you from a big family?
西蒙，给我们讲讲你们家的事。你来自一个大家庭吗？
relative的意思
B：No, my immediate family is quite small. There are only five of us. My parents, my younger brother and my younger sister. But my parents both come from large families.
不，我们自己的直系家庭相当小，只有五口人，（包括）我的父母，弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都来自大家庭。
A：How many people are in your extended family?
你的大家庭中有多少人呢？
B：There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people.
太多了，数不过来。我想有一百多人吧。
A：Do you get to see your family often?
你常和家里人见过面吗？
relative什么意思
B：I see my immediate family every weekend, and I see my extended family about once or twice a year.We usually see each other for Christmas, Easter, and other big celebrations, like weddings.
我每个周末都和直系小家庭成员见面。我一年中能见到其他大家庭的成员一或俩次。我们经常在圣诞节，复活节和其他大的庆祝活动，如婚礼上见面。
relative的解释
A：Have you ever been to a family reunion?
你参加过家庭聚会吗。
B：Actually, I have been to one, but it wasn’t mine! It was one of my friends’. He didn’t want to be theonly boy there, so I went with him to keep him company. This was a long time ago, of course.
我倒是去过一次。但不是我自己家的聚会，是我的一个朋友家的聚会。他不想成为聚会上的唯一男孩，所以我去陪他。当然了，这也是很久以前的事了。
A：Are many of yourrelative divorced?
你的亲属中有很多人离婚吗？
B：Let me think. I believe it’s just my one uncle. He’s always been a rebel. My grandmother was very religious, so most of my relatives were too scared to get divorced!
让我想一下。我想只有我的一个叔叔离了婚。他一直是个叛逆者。我奶奶是个很虔诚的教徒，所以我的大多数亲属都不敢离婚！
A：Do you have any relatives who are single mothers?
你的亲属中有单身母亲吗？
B：I have just one-her father is the one who got divorced. Their family is sort of the black sheep of our extended family.
我只有一个亲属是单身母亲。她的父亲也离了婚。他们家是我们大家庭中的另类。
七、词源解说
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relative的相关反义词
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