| 单词 | relative |
| 释义 | relative (once / 98 pages) adjn A relative is a person who is part of your family. Parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, grandparents, cousins, nieces and nephews — they're all relatives. A relative can be connected to your family through blood or by marriage. If you are a child or grandchild of Maria's, for example, you are a blood relative of her family. If you marry Maria's son, you become a relative by marriage. Relative is also an adjective that means "estimated by comparison," like the steep hill that is tiny, relative to the mountain behind it. WORD FAMILYrelative: relatively, relatives, relativise, relativism, relativity, relativize+/interrelate: interrelated, interrelating, interrelation/interrelated: interrelatedness/interrelation: interrelations, interrelationship/interrelationship: interrelationships/relate: interrelate, related, relates, relating, relation, relative/related: relatedly, relatedness, unrelated/relation: relational, relations, relationship/relational: relationally/relationship: relationships/relativistic: relativistically/relativity: relativistic, relativities/relativize: relativizes/unrelated: unrelatedly, unrelatedness USAGE EXAMPLESMedia outlets report the woman’s name was withheld pending notification of relatives. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Police say the name of the man is being withheld until his relatives are notified. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) And the chaebol did more than that, sometimes channeling money to the presidents’ personal coffers or those of their relatives and associates. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete a relative stranger Syn|Ant comparative relational having a relation or being related absolute perfect or complete or pure directlacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact implicit, unquestioningbeing without doubt or reserve infinitetotal and all-embracing living(informal) absolute 2adj properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' earnings relative to production Syn proportional proportionate being in due proportion 3n a person related by blood or marriage police are searching for relatives of the deceased Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper relation Abraham the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuelprince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861) Bathsheba(Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC) Benjamin(Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel Catherine of Aragonfirst wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536) Anne Hathawaywife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623) Isaac(Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau Ishmael(Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes Issachar(Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel Joseph(Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt Judah(Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah Marquise de MaintenonFrench consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719) Methuselah(Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years Naomithe mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament Noahthe Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis Rachel(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin Rebecca(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau Reuben(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel Ruththe great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament Sarah(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac Esau(Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage Blessed Virginthe mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) cousin, cousin-german, first cousin, full cousinthe child of your aunt or uncle descendant, descendenta person considered as descended from some ancestor or race in-law, relative-in-lawa relative by marriage blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sibone related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another family, kin, kinspersona person having kinship with another or others enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisibone related on the mother's side agnate, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisibone related on the father's side kinsmana male relative kinswomana female relative kissing cousin, kissing kina more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss next of kinthe person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person issue, offspring, progenythe immediate descendants of a person second cousina child of a first cousin sib, siblinga person's brother or sister better half, married person, mate, partner, spousea person's partner in marriage affine(anthropology) kin by marriage ancestressa woman ancestor aunt, auntie, auntythe sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle babythe youngest member of a group (not necessarily young) bastard, by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoresonthe illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents bigamistsomeone who marries one person while already legally married to another brother-in-lawa brother by marriage child, kida human offspring (son or daughter) of any age childa member of a clan or tribe consortthe husband or wife of a reigning monarch daughter-in-lawthe wife of your son father-in-lawthe father of your spouse female siblinga person's sister eldest, firstbornthe offspring who came first in the order of birth forbear, forebeara person from whom you are descended father, forefather, sirethe founder of a family foremothera woman ancestor primogenitor, progenitoran ancestor in the direct line grandchilda child of your son or daughter half bloodone of siblings who have only one parent in common helpmate, helpmeeta helpful partner hubby, husband, married mana married man; a woman's partner in marriage male siblinga sibling who is male monogamist, monogynistsomeone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time) mother-in-lawthe mother of your spouse nephewa son of your brother or sister honeymooner, newlywedsomeone recently married niecea daughter of your brother or sister polygamistsomeone who is married to two or more people at the same time quad, quadrupletone of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy quin, quint, quintupletone of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy sciona descendent or heir sister-in-lawthe sister of your spouse son-in-lawthe husband of your daughter heir, successora person who inherits some title or office tripletone of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy twineither of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy unclethe brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt married woman, wifea married woman; a man's partner in marriage individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 4n an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) Syn|Hyper congenator, congener, congeneric being, organism a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
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