relative

relative, relation

名词 relative:

1. a person related by blood or marriage
   同义词：relation
2. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
   同义词：congener, congenator, congeneric

形容词 relative:

1. not absolute or complete
2. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
   同义词：proportional

1. 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。
2. The relative items in this report will be submitted to the committee for discussion.
   把这份报告中的有关事项提交委员会讨论。
3. The detective thought the stick was relative to the murder case.
   侦探认为这根木棒和谋杀案有牵连。
4. Jim took it into his head to give up his good job and go off for a holiday with a relative.
   吉姆突然心血来潮，要放弃他的好工作，与一亲戚去度假。
5. The belief that moral laws are relative in meaning and application as opposed to fixed or universal.
   反律法主义认为道德准则在意义上和实践上都是相对的，并不是固定的和普遍适用的
6. They are now living in relative comfort.
   他们现在过着比较舒适的生活。
7. 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。

rel.a.tive

adj.Abbr. rel.（形容词）缩写 rel.
Having pertinence or relevance; connected or related.
相关性的：有相关性或关联的；连着的或有关系的
Considered in comparison with something else:
比较的：和别的事物比较着考虑的：
例句：
the relative quiet of the suburbs.
郊区的相对安静

Dependent on or interconnected with something else; not absolute.See Synonyms at dependent
相对的：依靠于或与其他事物相互关联的；不绝对的参见 dependent
Grammar Referring to or qualifying an antecedent, as the pronounwho in the man who was on TV or that in the dictionary that I use.
【语法】 关系的：指或者适合先行的词的，如在句子the man who was on TV（在电视上的那个人） 中的 who 或者在 the dictionarg that I use我用的那本词典 中的 that 那样的先行词的
Music Having the same key signature. Used of major and minor scales and keys:
【音乐】 记号相同的：记号相同的，用于大音阶，小音阶和主音：
例句：
C major is the relative major of A minor.
C大调是相对于A小调的大音阶

n.（名词）
One related by kinship, common origin, or marriage.
亲属：因亲戚关系共同的起源或婚姻相关联的人
Something having a relation or connection to something else.
关系事物：和其他事物有关系或联系的事物
Grammar A relative pronoun.
【语法】 关系代词

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French relatif
源自 古法语 relatif
from Late Latin rel3tovus
源自 后期拉丁语 rel3tovus
from Latin rel3tus [past participle of] referre [to relate] * see relate
源自 拉丁语 rel3tus [] referre的过去分词 [使相互关联] *参见 relate

【引伸】
rel.ativeness
n.（名词）