relative

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
发音 rel'ətiv

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
    — The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives.
  2. Something kindred or related to something else. figuratively
  3. A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
形容词 adj.
  1. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative. not-comparable
    — We've been discussing the relative merits of various methods of transportation.
  2. Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form. not-comparable
    — The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/index.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.
  3. Depending on an antecedent; comparative. not-comparable
    — The words “big” and “small” are relative.
  4. Having the same key but differing in being major or minor. not-comparable
  5. Relevant; pertinent; related. archaic,not-comparable,rare
    — relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...
  6. Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional. not-comparable
副词 adv.
  1. Alternative form of relatively. US,alt-of,alternative,not-comparable
    — In 1924 it moved to a commonious campus at Stockton. Like other Californian colleges, however, it decided to remain a relative small institution.

词形变化

rel. alternative,abbreviation rel. alternative,abbreviation relatives plural rel. alternative,abbreviation

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词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
词源 3
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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