the relative merits of the two plans
相比较之下两个计划各自的优点
the position of the sun relative to the earth
太阳与地球的相对位置
They now live in relative comfort(= compared with how they lived before) .
他们现在过得比较舒适。
Given the failure of the previous plan, this turned out to be a relative success.
由于前面那个计划失败了，这个计划算是比较成功的。
It's all relative though, isn't it? We never had any money when I was a kid and $500 was a fortune to us.
不过，一切都是相对的，是不是？我小的时候，我们根本没有钱，500 块钱对于我们来说就是很大的一笔钱了。
having a connection with sth; referring to sth
the facts relative to the case
与这个案件有关的事实
In ‘the man who came’, ‘who’ is a relative pronoun and ‘who came’ is a relative clause .
在 the man who came 中，who 是关系代词，而 who came 是关系从句。
a close/distant relative
近亲；远亲
her friends and relatives
她的亲友
The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat.
北山羊与石山羊有较远的亲缘关系。
1.相对的;相关的;以(他物)为准的,相应的,成比例的 (to) 相比较的
2.【乐】关系的;【语】表示关系的
3.关于...的,与...有关系[联系]的
4.附条件的
5.切合本问题的(例证)
1.相对的;相关的;以(他物)为准的,相应的,成比例的 (to) 相比较的
2.【乐】关系的;【语】表示关系的
3.关于...的,与...有关系[联系]的
4.附条件的
5.切合本问题的(例证)
1.亲戚,亲属
2.关系物;有关事项
3.【语】关系词
4.相对物
1.亲戚,亲属
2.关系物;有关事项
3.【语】关系词
4.相对物
1.having a particular quality when compared with something else; considered in comparison with other similar things
1.a member of your family, especially one who does not live with you, for example a grandparent or cousin
2.a plant or animal that has the same origins and belongs to the same group as another plant or animal
1.The opposite effect happens on the other side of the ball, where the air travels slower relative to the centre of the ball.
相反的作用发生在球的另一侧（空气流速较慢）。
2.This default-WRT mechanism can be used to make externals appear to be relative to any group or segment in your program.
缺省的WRT机制可以用来让外部标志符跟你程序中的任何段或组相关联。
3.What traders inferred yesterday was that to the Fed, these absolute levels do not matter, only the relative pace.
交易员们昨天的推断是，对美联储来说，这些绝对的价格水平并不重要，重要的是相对的运行步伐。
4.Johnson told me, with an amiable fondness, a little pleasing circumstance relative to this work.
约翰逊极亲热地告诉了我有关这部作品的一件小小的温暖往事。
5.I'm in despair. I feel as if I've lost a close relative. Maria Kaczynska was a wonderful woman, kind, with a heart of gold.
我现在非常绝望，感觉好像失去了一位亲人。玛利亚·卡钦斯基是个了不起的女人，善良，有一颗金子般的心。
6.Going in and out of a relative balance is a natural process that happens constantly throughout the cycle of life.
达到或失去相对平衡是在生命周期中不断发生的自然事件。
7.The methods of this report should be generalizable to monitor movement of any molecule relative to any nucleic acid.
这一方法的报告应推广监测运动的任何分子相对任何核酸。
8.Didymus told me to ask my sociology teacher: "Is hunger relative, just like you say poverty is relative? "
迪戴莫斯让我问我的社会学教师，“饥饿也是相对的吗，就像你说贫困是相对的那样？”
9.Does it matter how much money you bring home or does it matter how much money you make relative to other people?
你赚多少钱重要，还是你相对于其他人赚多赚少重要？
10.Albert Einstein predicted this in 1905, when he introduced the concept of relative times as part of his Special Theory of Relativity.
阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦早在1905年就对此有所预言，当时他提出了相对时间的概念，并把它作为自己的“狭义相对论”的一部分。