relative

詞意辨析：

relative, relation

詞型變化：

英文解釋：

名詞 relative:

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

形容詞 relative:

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

例句：

1. He showed such concern that people took him to be a relative.
   他很關心別人，因而大家都把他當作親人。
2. The relative items in this report will be submitted to the committee for discussion.
   把這份報告中的有關事項提交委員會討論。
3. The detective thought the stick was relative to the murder case.
   偵探認為這根木棒和謀殺案有牽連。
4. Jim took it into his head to give up his good job and go off for a holiday with a relative.
   吉姆突然心血來潮，要放棄他的好工作，與一親戚去度假。
5. The belief that moral laws are relative in meaning and application as opposed to fixed or universal.
   反律法主義認為道德準則在意義上和實踐上都是相對的，並不是固定的和普遍適用的
6. They are now living in relative comfort.
   他們現在過著比較舒適的生活。
7. The teacher asked me some questions relative to my paper.
   老師問了我一些和我的論文有關的問題。