relative

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT Your relatives are the members of your family. 亲属
Get a relative to look after the children. 找个亲戚来照看这些孩子。
2. ADJ You use relative to say that something is true to a certain degree, especially when compared with other things of the same kind. 相对的[ADJ n]
The fighting resumed after a period of relative calm. 战斗在一段相对的平静之后重新开始。
3. ADJ You use relative when you are comparing the quality or size of two things. 比较而言的[ADJ n]
They chatted about the relative merits of London and Paris as places to live. 他们闲聊伦敦与巴黎作为居住地各自相对的优点。
4. PHRASE Relative to something means with reference to it or in comparison with it. 与…相比
Japanese interest rates rose relative to America's. 日本的利率与美国相比有所上升。
5. ADJ If you say that something is relative, you mean that it needs to be considered and judged in relation to other things. 相对的
Fitness is relative; one must always ask "Fit for what?"
适宜是相对的；始终必须问问：“适宜什么？”
6. N-COUNT If one animal, plant, language, or invention is a relative of another, they have both developed from the same type of animal, plant, language, or invention. 亲缘物种; 同源事物
The pheasant is a close relative of the guinea hen. 这种雉鸡和这种珍珠鸡是亲缘物种。

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 .