Word · Frequency #2255
relatives
亲属；亲戚
relatives is the plural of relative.
核心释义
A person connected to another by blood, marriage, or adoption; a family member.
- 1.
亲属；家人
Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
- 2.
血缘或婚姻关系的亲属
a person related by blood or marriage
- 3.
相关或类似的事物
Something kindred or related to something else.
- 4.
与另一动植物有关系的动植物(如共同祖先或同属)
an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
- 5.
班图语言中一种像关系从句而非真正形容词那样变形的形容词
A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
相关物；同类事物；同源动物（或植物）；同属物种；关系形容词（班图语）；亲属；家人；血缘或婚姻关系的亲属
用法In use
We invited all our relatives to the wedding.
用法提示：这里 "relatives" 是名词复数形式，指有血缘或婚姻关系的人。
She is a distant relative of mine from my father's side.
用法提示："relative" 用作名词，表示亲戚关系。
My relatives are coming to visit us next week.
用法提示：这里 "relatives" 是名词复数，指代家庭成员之外的亲属。
police are searching for relatives of the deceased
a relative of sb
用 of 引出所关联的人；表示“我的一个亲戚”常说 a relative of mine。
She is a relative of the president.
她是总统的一位亲戚。
sb's relatives
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- close relative
- 近亲
- She invited only her close relatives to the wedding.她只邀请了近亲参加婚礼。
- distant relative
- 远亲
- I met a distant relative I had never seen before.我遇到了一位从未见过的远亲。
- immediate relative
- 直系亲属
- Only immediate relatives are allowed in the intensive care unit.只有直系亲属才允许进入重症监护室。
- blood relative
- 血亲
- He is a blood relative, not just an in-law.他是血亲，不只是姻亲。
- living relative
- 在世的亲属
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：relative 与 relation（关系）同源，亲戚就是有关系的人。
语境与语域Context & Register
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语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，指家庭成员或亲属关系。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words rhyming with 'relative' (stressed vowel /ɛ/ + /ətɪv/): negative, speculative. Note: creative, alternative, and initiative share the '-ative' spelling but have different stressed vowels ('creative' /eɪ/, 'alternative' /ɜː/, 'initiative' /ɪ/), so they do not rhyme.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.