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correlative

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cor·rel·a·tive /kəˈrelətɪv/ adjective formal  CONNECTED WITHtwo or more facts, ideas etc that are correlative are closely related or dependent on each other 密切相关的;互相依赖的 SYN related rights and their correlative responsibilities 权利及其相关义务correlative noun [countable]
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correlativeMight art be Socratism's necessary correlative?Its correlative, a sliding scale of hours to meet unemployment, is now becoming timely.The most important point of departure, however, is that rights, whether moral or legal, can involve correlative duties.Those are examples of attempts to establish parameters through correlative function.In the corridor, the objective correlative of pre-bedroom intimacy, the moment arrives.One view sees the development of fairness as a correlative of the expansion of procedural rights post Ridge v. Baldwin.It said nothing whatsoever of any correlative power of the episcopate.
cor·rel·a·tive adjectiveChineseSyllable
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correlative
correlative /kəˈrelətɪv/ adjective formal
two or more facts, ideas etc that are correlative are closely related or dependent on each other
   SYN  related:
    rights and their correlative responsibilities
—correlative noun [countable]


cor·rela·tiveBrE /kəˈrelətɪv/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈrelətɪv/ 🔊 noun (formal) a fact or an idea that is closely related to or depends on another fact or idea 紧密相关;相互关联 cor·rela·tive adjective