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BNC: 2255 COCA: 2428
relativenoun [ C ]uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/ us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/

B1 a member of your family亲戚，亲属

I don't have many blood relatives (= people related to me by birth rather than by marriage).我没有几个有血缘关系的亲戚。
All her close/distant relatives came to the wedding.她所有的近亲／远亲都来参加她的婚礼了。

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The children are being cared for by a relative.

There weren't many people at the funeral - just close family relatives.

I live in Cambridge, but my relatives live up north in Manchester.

It is women who mainly shoulder responsibility for the care of elderly and disabled relatives.

Sundry distant relatives, most of whom I hardly recognized, turned up for my brother's wedding.

relativeadjectiveuk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/ us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/ formal

relative adjective COMPARING

C1 being judged or measured in comparison with something else相比较而言的；比较的

We weighed up the relative advantages of driving there or going by train.我们权衡了一下，看看开车去那儿和乘火车去哪种方式更有利。

true to a particular degree when compared with other things相对的；相比之下有的

Since I got a job, I've been living in relative comfort (= more comfort than before).自从我有了工作，日子过得就相对舒适一些了。

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The relative cheapness of foreign travel means that more people are going abroad than ever before.

We've lived here for 15 years, but we're relative newcomers to the village.

Now that the civil war is over, relative normality has returned to the south of the country.

He rose from relative obscurity to worldwide recognition.

There is a chart on the classroom wall showing the relative heights of all the children.

relative adjective CONNECTED

relative to

C2 If something is relative to something else, it changes according to the speed or level of the other thing.按…的比例；与…相应

The amount of petrol a car uses is relative to its speed.汽车耗油量和其行驶速度是成比例的。

If something is relative to a particular subject, it is connected with it.与…相关；有关；涉及

Are these documents relative to the discussion?这些文件和我们讨论的问题有关吗？
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relative

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELATIVE | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤close, near近親◇The succession passed to the nearest surviving relative.繼承權傳給在世的關係最近的親屬。➤distant遠親▸➤blood, family血親；家庭成員◇If you die without a will, only a husband, wife, children and blood relatives are entitled to inherit your property.如果去世時沒立遺囑，只有丈夫、妻子、子女及血親才能繼承財產。➤immediate直系親屬◇The deceased's immediate relatives will inherit her estate.死者的直系親屬將繼承她的財產。➤living, surviving在世的／依然健在的親屬➤deceased已故親屬▸➤elderly, old上了年紀的／年老的親戚▸➤young年輕的親戚▸➤female, male女性／男性親屬➤long-lost長久不見的親戚◇He greeted me like a long-lost relative.他跟我打招呼，就像久未見面的親戚一樣。➤poor (often figurative) 同類中較次者◇He believes that interior design is the poor relative of (= inferior to) architecture.他認為室內裝潢設計較建築學來說要低一等。➤dependent (especially BrE) 受扶養的親戚◇the increase in dependent elderly relatives需要扶養的老年親戚的增多➤disabled, ill, sick傷殘的親戚；有病的親戚◇people who care for a sick or disabled relative照料病殘親戚的人➤bereaved, grieving (both especially BrE) 剛剛喪失親人的／悲慟的親屬VERB + RELATIVE➤have有親戚◇I have no parents or close relatives.我沒有父母或近親。➤lose失去親人◇an organization that helps people who have lost relatives (= whose relatives have died) 專門幫助失去親人者的機構➤care for, give support to, help, look after, support, take care of (especially NAmE) 照料親屬；供養親屬；幫助親屬；贍養親屬◇She's caring for an elderly relative.她正照料一個年邁的親戚。➤live with與親戚住在一起▸➤stay with, visit暫時住在親戚家；拜訪親戚▸➤find, trace (especially BrE) 找到／查找親屬◇The police are trying to find the relatives of the deceased.警方正試圖尋找死者的親屬。➤contact, inform聯繫／告知親屬◇The names of the victims are being withheld until the relatives have been informed.受害者名單要在通知其親屬後才公佈。PHRASES➤friends and relatives, friends or relatives親戚朋友◇an intimate reception for close friends and relatives宴請親朋好友的私人招待會➤a relative by marriage姻親
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relative noun
⇨ family 2relative

adjective

  ➡ See also the entry for equivalent adj. 另见equivalent形容词词条relative ♦︎ proportional ♦︎ proportionateThese words all describe things that are considered according to their position or connection with sth else. 这些词均表示相对而言的、相关联的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆relative / proportional / proportionate to sth◆a relative / proportional / proportionate increase■ relative considered according to its position or connection with sth else; considered and judged by being compared with sth else; that exists or has a particular quality only when compared with sth else 相对的；相关联的；相比较而言的；相比之下存在（或具有）的◆the position of the sun relative to the earth太阳与地球的相对位置◆You must consider the relative merits of the two plans.你必须考虑相比较之下两个计划各自的优点。◆They now live in relative comfort (= compared with how they lived before).他们现在过得比较舒适。◆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？我们小时候根本没钱，500块对我们就是很大一笔钱了。▸ relatively

adverb

◆At first glance the poem seems to be relatively straightforward.乍一看，这首诗似乎比较直白。◆The colleges had become, relatively speaking, short of funds.相对来说，这些学院资金开始紧拙。■ proportional prəˈpɔːʃənl; NAmE prəˈpɔːrʃənl (rather formal) increasing or decreasing in size, amount or degree according to changes in sth else （尺寸、数量或程度）成比例的，相应的，相称的◆Salary is directly proportional to years of experience.薪金与资历直接挂钩。◆The number of teachers appointed is proportional to the total number of students.委派教师人数和学生总数成比例。  see also proportion ⇨ ratio ▸ proportionally

adverb

◆Families with children spend proportionally less per person than families without children.有子女家庭比无子女家庭人均开销相对要少。■ proportionate prəˈpɔːʃənət; NAmE prəˈpɔːrʃənət (formal) proportional, especially when it is a question of what is fair or reasonable （尤指涉及公平或合理时）成比例的，相应的，相称的◆Inner cities have more than a proportionate share of social problems.内城区的社会问题多得不合比例。◆Penalties should be proportionate to the gravity of the offence.惩罚应与所犯罪行的严重程度相应。OPP disproportionate ⇨ excessive ▸ proportionately

adverb

◆Prices have risen but wages have not risen proportionately.物价上涨了，但工资并未相应增加。NOTE 辨析 Proportional or proportionate?In many cases you can use either word. 在许多情况下这两个词可以通用◆Salary is proportional / proportionate to experience.薪金视资历而定。◆proportional / proportionate increases in costs成本的相应增加In these cases proportionate is more formal and less frequent than proportional. However, proportionate is often used when the question is not simply one of comparing two amounts, but of judging two actions or decisions and deciding whether one is fair or reasonable after considering the other. 在这些情况下，proportionate较正式，不如proportional常用。不过，如果谈论的不仅仅是两个数量的比较，而是对两个行动或决定作出判断，并评定哪一个更公平或合理时，常用proportionate◆The police response should be proportionate to the level of risk posed.警方的反应应该与事件的风险程度相称。The opposite, disproportionate, can be used when an action or judgement is not fair or reasonable in response to another action or situation. The opposite of proportional is inversely proportional. * proportionate的反义词是disproportionate，指某个行动或判断和另一个行动或情况不相称，显得不公平或不合理。proportional的反义词是inversely proportional（成反比）◆The amount of force needed is inversely proportional to the rigidity of the material (= the more rigid the material, the less force is needed).所需力量大小与材料刚性成反比。
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relative
Ways of comparing things: than, relatively, whereas...
Comparison and comparisons: comparison, perspective, parallel...
General words for family members: a near relative/relation, be someone's elder, black sheep...
General types of plant: alpine, annual, bean...

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