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。
the relative merits of the two plans
相比较之下两个计划各自的优点
the position of the sun relative to the earth
太阳与地球的相对位置
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财富了。
the facts relative to the case
与这个案件有关的事实
In 'u2018the man who came 'u2019, 'u2018who 'u2019 is a relative pronoun and 'u2018who came 'u2019 is a relative clause .
在the man who came中，who是关系代词，而who came是关系从句。
a close'/distant relative
近 / 远亲
her friends and relatives
她的亲友
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。
Do relatives of yours still live in Siberia?...
你的亲属仍然住在西伯利亚吗？
Get a relative to look after the children.
找一个亲戚来照看孩子。
The fighting resumed after a period of relative calm...
战斗在相对平静的一段时间之后再次打响。
It is a cancer that can be cured with relative ease...
这是一种相对来说比较容易治疗的癌症。
They chatted about the relative merits of London and Paris as places to live...
他们聊起了伦敦和巴黎两座城市相比较都有哪些宜居的优点。
I reflected on the relative importance of education in 50 countries.
我思考了50个国家相对而言对教育的重视程度。
Japanese interest rates rose relative to America's...
日本利率随美国利率上浮。
House prices now look cheap relative to earnings...
相对收入而言房价现在看起来比较便宜。
Fitness is relative; one must always ask 'Fit for what?'...
“适合”是相对而言的;应该常常问一问“适合什么？”
Truth is relative.
真理是相对的。
The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.
雉与珍珠鸡有很近的亲缘关系。
What do you like to do in your spare time?
空闲时你喜欢干什么?
A stranger who is kind is a relative; an unkind relative is a stranger.
善良的陌生人是亲戚, 冷漠的亲戚是陌生人.
A distant relative is not as good as a near neighbour.
远亲不如近邻.
I have a distant relative in this small town.
在这个小镇上我有一个远亲.
Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.
运动是绝对的,而静止是相对的.
Discussed the relative advantages of tulips and asparagus.
出自：E. WaughThe evil is not relative, but absolute.
出自：G. W. KnightAge is relative..you're as old as you feel.
出自：A. Brookner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。
名词:：relativeness
