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relatives

/rel-uh-tiv/US // ˈrɛl ə tɪv //UK // (ˈrɛlətɪv) //

亲属,亲戚,亲戚们,亲属们

Related Words

analogous类比,类似的,类比的,类似 corresponding相应的,相应地,相应,相应的是 related相关,相关的,有关,有关的 proportionate相称的,适度的,适度,有比例的 father父亲,爸爸,爹爹,父 sibling同胞,同胞姐妹,同胞兄妹,兄弟姐妹 mother母亲,妈妈,母,娘 cousin表妹,表弟,表哥,堂兄 folk民间,民俗,民间的,民间人士 uncle叔叔,舅舅,叔父,大叔 niece侄女,侄子,外甥女,侄儿 aunt姨妈,阿姨,姑姑,婶婶 dependent依赖的,依赖性,依赖性的,依靠的 parallel平行,平行的,平行线,纬度 reciprocal对等的,互惠的,互惠,相互的 contingent特遣队,特遣队员,特遣队成员,特遣队的 agnate相似的,相近的,相近的人,相似 cognate同源词,同源性,同源语,同义词 connection连接,联系,连接方式,连接处 blood血液,血,鲜血,血液问题

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- : something having, or standing in, some relation or connection to something else.
- : something dependent upon external conditions for its specific nature, size, etc..
- : Grammar. a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : considered in relation to something else; comparative: the relative merits of democracy and monarchy.
- : existing or having its specific nature only by relation to something else; not absolute or independent: Happiness is relative.
- : having relation or connection.
- : having reference or regard; relevant; pertinent: to determine the facts relative to an accident.
- : correspondent; proportionate: Value is relative to demand.
- : depending for significance upon something else: “Better” is a relative term.
- : Grammar. noting or pertaining to a word that introduces a subordinate clause of which it is, or is a part of, the subject or predicate and that refers to an expressed or implied element of the principal clause, as the relative pronoun who in He's the man who saw you or the relative adverb where in This is the house where she was born.noting or pertaining to a relative clause.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounmember of a family

Synonyms

aunt姨妈,阿姨,姑姑,婶婶 cousin表妹,表弟,表哥,堂兄 father父亲,爸爸,爹爹,父 folk民间,民俗,民间的,民间人士 mother母亲,妈妈,母,娘 niece侄女,侄子,外甥女,侄儿 sibling同胞,同胞姐妹,同胞兄妹,兄弟姐妹 uncle叔叔,舅舅,叔父,大叔 agnate相似的,相近的,相近的人,相似 blood血液,血,鲜血,血液问题 brother-in-law小舅子,大舅子,小叔子,姐夫 cognate同源词,同源性,同源语,同义词 connection连接,联系,连接方式,连接处 father-in-law岳父,公公,岳父大人,丈人 folks乡亲们,朋友们,民众,乡民们 grandparents祖父母,祖父辈,祖父母亲,爷爷奶奶 in-laws姻亲,岳父岳母,姻亲们,姻亲关系 kinsperson亲属,亲人,亲属关系,亲属关系人 mother-in-law婆婆,岳母,丈母娘,婆母 nephew侄子,侄儿,外甥,甥 relation关系 sib同上,兄弟姐妹,兄弟会,兄弟姐妹们 sister-in-law小姨子,小姑子,嫂子,大嫂 stepbrother同父异母的兄弟,继兄,同父异母的哥哥,继兄弟 stepparent继父母,继任者,继父,继任人 stepsister继妹,继姐妹,继父的妹妹,继母 clansperson氏族人,氏族的人,氏族人士,氏族成员 great-grandparents曾祖父母,曾祖父母亲,曾父母

Examples

So where does this leave the millions of Palestinians—like my relatives—who dream of self-determination and a sovereign state?
On Monday, Soelistyo had jolted relatives as well as searchers by suggesting that the plane could be “at the bottom of the sea.”
So, why would a species like the banded mongoose favor breeding between relatives?
That is why I visited my relatives in Iran in 2011, when I was unjustly arrested and charged with espionage.
He called for the homes of their families to be leveled “to the ground” and their relatives to be exiled from Chechnya.
A dish of toads of the largest and most repulsive variety used to be offered one by one to the big man's relatives and guests.
The mob of relatives and friends wrecked and burned the castle, massacring the retainers to a man.
One would have thought that half the dogs in the neighborhood had relatives coming from Columbia.
Afterward, accompanied by his relatives, he proceeded to the room where were placed the tablets in memory of his ancestors.
He does not know yet that the larger estate a man leaves to his relatives the more useful his life has been.

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