四级These patterns suggest that some types of mental flexibility decrease relatively early in adulthood, but that the amount of knowledge one has, and the effectiveness of integrating it with one's abilities, may increase throughout all of adulthood if there are no diseases, Salthouse said in a news release.

索尔特豪斯在一份新闻稿中说，这些模式表明，某些类型的心理灵活性在成年早期相对降低，但如果没有疾病，一个人拥有的知识量以及将知识与能力相结合的有效性可能会在整个成年期增加。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研British Land Art as shown in this well selected, but relatively modestly scaled exhibition wasn't about imposing on the landscape, more a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art created passing through.

在这次精心挑选但规模相对适中的展览中所展示的英国陆地艺术并不是为了给风景画增色，而是一种以风景为导向的光线概念艺术。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Some relatively poor European countries have seen huge improvements across measures including civil society , income equality and the environment.

一些相对贫穷的欧洲国家在公民社会、收入平等和环境等方面取得了巨大进步。

2017年考研阅读原文

考研Some relatively poor European countries have seen huge improvements across measures including civil society, income equality and environment.

一些相对贫穷的欧洲国家在公民社会、收入平等和环境等方面取得了巨大进步。

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级The most recent comparative data on the performance of universities and research institutions in Australia, Canada, USA and UK shows that, from a relatively weak starting position, the UK now leads on many indicators of commercialisation activity

关于澳大利亚、加拿大、美国和英国大学和研究机构绩效的最新比较数据表明，英国从一个相对薄弱的起步位置，现在在许多商业化活动指标上处于领先地位

2011年12月阅读原文

四级Hops, for example, which give many a modern beer its bitter flavor, are a relatively recent addition to the beverage.

以啤酒花为例，它使许多现代啤酒具有苦味，是一种相对较新的饮料。

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

四级Although economic research and previous survey findings have shown that career interruptions related to motherhood may make it harder for women to advance in their careers and compete for top executive jobs, relatively few adults in the recent survey poin

尽管经济研究和先前的调查结果表明，与母亲身份相关的职业中断可能会使女性更难在职业生涯中取得进步，也更难竞争高管职位，但在最近的调查中，相对较少的成年人参与了这项调查

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级Even so, relatively few young women 15% say they have been discriminated against at work because of their gender.

即便如此，相对较少的年轻女性（15%）表示她们在工作中因性别而受到歧视。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级Even so, relatively few young women 16% say they have been discriminated against at work because of their gender.

即便如此，相对较少的年轻女性（16%）表示她们在工作中因性别而受到歧视。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考The damage is usually more serious on the first plant, but the neighbors, relatively speaking, stay safer because they heard the alarm and knew what to do.

第一座核电站的破坏通常更严重，但相对而言，邻居更安全，因为他们听到了警报，知道该怎么办。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级"These patterns suggest that some types of mental flexibility decrease relatively early in adulthood, but that the amount of knowledge one has, and the effectiveness of integrating it with one's abilities, may increase throughout all of adulthood if there

“这些模式表明，某些类型的心理灵活性在成年早期相对减少，但如果有必要，一个人拥有的知识量以及将其与自身能力相结合的有效性可能会在整个成年期增加

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

考研Toyota Motor, for example, alleviated some of the damage from its recall crisis earlier this year with a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign, which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitter and the social-news site Digg.

例如，丰田汽车（Toyota Motor）通过一场相对快速且精心策划的社交媒体响应活动，减轻了今年早些时候召回危机造成的一些损失，其中包括在Twitter和社交新闻网站Digg等网站上直接与消费者接触。

2011年考研阅读原文

四级Easy-going people can also live a relatively long life.

随和的人也可以活得相对较长。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考The bone structure of our ancestors developed for millions of years to support a creature that walked on all fours and has a relatively small head.

我们祖先的骨骼结构发展了数百万年，以支持一种四肢行走、头部相对较小的生物。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

高考A Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metals was relatively small in comParison to total waste, the concentration of gold and other precious metals was higher in so-called e-waste than in nature.

瑞士的一项研究报告称，虽然贵金属所代表的电子产品的重量与废物总量相比相对较小，但所谓的电子废物中黄金和其他贵金属的浓度高于自然界。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal cost—are depleted.

这一说法背后的理由是，低油价阻碍了对新产能的投资，最终使石油供应曲线向后移动，并随着可以以相对较低的边际成本开采的现有油田枯竭而使价格回升。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级The report focused on poor urban areas, where farms in or near cities supply relatively inexpensive food.

该报告重点关注贫困城市地区，城市内或城市附近的农场供应相对便宜的食品。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级However, the relatively inexpensive computer technology that is readily available today is causing some to challenge the notion that home schooling is in any way inferior to more highly structured classroom education.

然而，相对便宜的计算机技术，今天是现成的，导致一些人质疑的概念，即家庭教育在任何方面都不如更高度结构化的课堂教育。

2013年12月听力原文

四级The fact that participants were willing to substitute part of a food item for the mere prospect of a relatively small monetary award is interesting, says Reimann.

Reimann说，参与者愿意用食物的一部分来代替相对较少的奖金，这一事实很有趣。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级"The fact that participants were willing to substitute part of a food item for the mere prospect of a relatively small monetary award is interesting," says Reimann.

Reimann说：“参与者愿意用食物的一部分来代替相对较少的奖金，这一事实很有趣。”。

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级Roughly the size of a soda can, sitting on a bookshelf, a relatively harmless gadget may be turning friends away from your home.

大约一个汽水罐大小，坐在书架上，一个相对无害的小玩意可能会让你的朋友远离你的家。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal c

这句话背后的理由是，低油价阻碍了对新产能的投资，最终将石油供应曲线向后移动，并使价格回升，成为可以以相对较低的边际成本开采的现有油田

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级In a video posted to Facebook featuring the bear, it appeared to be in relatively good health and was moving quickly.

在Facebook上发布的一段关于这只熊的视频中，它的健康状况似乎相对较好，行动也很快。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研These days, because leisure time is relatively scarce for most workers, people use their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional demands of their jobs.

如今，由于大多数工人的闲暇时间相对较少，人们利用闲暇时间来平衡工作的智力和情感需求。

2017年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级Moffitt said it's still unclear why some children have better self-control than others, though she says other researchers have found that it's mostly a learned behavior, with relatively little genetic influence.

莫菲特说，目前还不清楚为什么一些孩子比其他孩子有更好的自控能力，尽管她说其他研究人员已经发现，这主要是一种后天习得的行为，遗传影响相对较小。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研Their thesis 一 that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact 一 was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college st

他们的论文一 相对温和的干预可能会产生巨大的影响一 基于这样一种观点，第一代学生可能最缺乏的不是潜力，而是关于如何处理大多数大学学生面临的问题的实际知识

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Toyota Motor, for example, alleviated some of the damage from its recall crisis earlier this year with a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign, which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitt

例如，丰田汽车（Toyota Motor）今年早些时候通过一场相对快速且精心策划的社交媒体响应活动减轻了召回危机造成的部分损失，其中包括努力在Twitt等网站直接与消费者接触

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级The panels are also designed so that they can be installed directly on top of existing roadways, making them relatively cheap and easy to install.

面板的设计也使其可以直接安装在现有道路的顶部，从而使其相对便宜且易于安装。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

高考Environment here is good, clean and relatively quiet.

这里的环境很好，干净，相对安静。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 听力 原文

高考Without wandering minds, we wouldn't have relatively, coke or post-it notes.

如果没有游荡的思想，我们就不会有相对的、可口可乐或便利贴。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 单项填空 选项

六级The most recent comparative data on the performance of universities and research institutions in Australia, Canada, USA and UK shows that, from a relatively weak starting position, the UK now leads on many indicators of commercialisation activity.

关于澳大利亚、加拿大、美国和英国大学和研究机构绩效的最新比较数据表明，英国从一个相对薄弱的起步位置，现在在许多商业化活动指标上领先。

2011年12月阅读原文

六级The idea was to test the machines on a database that included up to 1 million different images of nearly 700, 000 different people—and not just a large database featuring a relatively small number of different faces, more consistent with what's been used

这个想法是在一个数据库上测试这些机器，该数据库包含近70万人的多达100万张不同的图像，而不仅仅是一个大数据库，该数据库的特征是数量相对较少的不同面孔，与所使用的更为一致

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级Fortunately, there are a vast number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from historic ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home.

幸运的是，有大量相对简单的改变可以使老房子变绿，从林肯小屋这样的历史建筑到你自己的战后房屋。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级Just like medical researchers use rats to test ideas for human medical treatments, botanists use plants that are relatively easy to grow in a lab or greenhouse setting to test their ideas for related species.

就像医学研究人员用老鼠来测试人类医疗的想法一样，植物学家用相对容易在实验室或温室环境中生长的植物来测试他们对相关物种的想法。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级And it's not a more efficient sleep, not like they're compressing relatively more value out of their hours.

而且，这并不是一种更有效的睡眠，也不像他们在压缩时间的价值。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级A college application is a relatively straightforward questionnaire asking for the basics: name, address, family history employment history.

大学申请表是一份相对简单的问卷，要求提供基本信息：姓名、地址、家族史、就业史。

2013年12月阅读原文

考研That might seem rather an obscure point, but it sets the tone for an exhibition that contains a lot of black-and-white photographs and relatively few natural objects.

这似乎是一个相当模糊的观点，但它为包含大量黑白照片和相对较少的自然物体的展览定下了基调。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级And in fact our admiration for the comically gifted is relatively new and not very well-founded, says Rod Martin's a psychologist at the University of Western Ontario

事实上，我们对喜剧天才的钦佩是相对新的，而且不是很有根据，西安大略大学的心理学家Rod Martin说。

2013年12月听力原文

高考The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers.

一般规律是，温和地区的语言相对较少，通常为许多人所说，而炎热潮湿地区的语言较多，通常为少数人所说。

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Some otherwise high-ranking countries had relatively low scores for political representation.

一些其他级别较高的国家在政治代表性方面得分相对较低。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Among high-skilled, better-educated employees, however, opposition was strongest in states with both high numbers of immigrants and relatively generous social services.

然而，在高技能、受过良好教育的雇员中，反对声音在移民人数众多、社会服务相对慷慨的州最为强烈。

2011年6月阅读原文

六级One relatively simple fix, Mr. Zdziarski said, would be for Apple to modify future versions of the iPhone to require a user to enter a passcode before the phone will accept the sort of modified operating system that the wants Apple to create.

Zdziarski说，一个相对简单的解决方案是，苹果修改未来版本的iPhone，要求用户输入密码，然后手机才能接受苹果希望创建的那种修改后的操作系统。

2017年12月英语六级考试真题（卷三）

六级In terms of energy use and the nutrients（营养成分）captured in the product it was relatively inefficient.

在能量使用和营养方面(营养成分）在产品中捕获它是相对低效的。

2008年12月英语六级真题

六级Despite that, others have voiced a different opinion that a name is relatively insignificant comparing to the efforts a person makes to realize his/her future dream as a person’s fate is dominantly decided by a person himself/herself instead of the name he/she was given at his/her birth.

尽管如此，其他人也表达了不同的观点，即与一个人为实现未来梦想所做的努力相比，一个名字相对微不足道，因为一个人的命运主要由一个人自己决定，而不是由他/她出生时的名字决定。

2009年6月英语六级真题

六级Marketing director Jack O Hern explains that the company has a relatively young workforce, many of whom are parents: “One of the triggers was when one of our tax managers returned from maternity leave.

市场总监Jack O Hern解释说，该公司的员工相对年轻，其中许多是父母：“其中一个导火索是我们的一位税务经理休完产假回来。

2009年12月英语六级真题

四级Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.

松泽泰助教授想弄清楚为什么日本北部健康的农民在相对较小的时候就失去了思考和推理的能力，以及如何减缓衰老的进程。

1989年1月英语四级真题

四级The first sample products aren’t expected for another 10 or 20 years: But some people are already worrying that they’ll work-and that America’s overextended health-care programs will lose a precious $2.5 billion to $5 billion a year providing them for a relatively few dying patients.

第一批样本产品预计在未来10年或20年内不会出现：但一些人已经担心它们会起作用，美国过度扩张的医疗保健项目每年将损失25亿至50亿美元，为相对较少的垂死患者提供这些产品。

1991年1月英语四级真题

四级Some can sing along with the drummers, but relatively few can drum and even fewer can play the flute along with the ensemble.

有些人会和鼓手一起唱歌，但很少有人会打鼓，更少的人会和乐队一起吹笛子。

1995年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级“If kids know they’re working for a reward and can focus on a relatively challenging task, they show the most creativity,” says Robert Eisenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark.

纽瓦克特拉华大学的Robert Eisenberger说：“如果孩子们知道自己的工作是为了奖励，并且能够专注于一项相对具有挑战性的任务，他们就会表现出最大的创造力。”。

1997年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a. m. on a holiday, when traffic was light on the city’s highways.

洛杉矶的伤亡人数相对较少，因为地震发生在假日凌晨4点31分，当时该市高速公路上的交通很稀少。

1997年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.

这种聚焦是海洋中即使是相对较弱的声音，尤其是低频声音，也能传播数千英里的主要原因。

2002年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Sometimes it burns fiercely and other times it’s relatively calm.

有时它燃烧得很厉害，有时则相对平静。

2002年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets.

由于有了各种相对便宜的通信设备和商业应用程序，即使是美国的小企业也能够进入国际市场。

2003年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级S diet is relatively identical, water supplies vary.

S的饮食相对相同，水的供应也各不相同。

2009年6月英语四级考试真题

四级Since they haven’t built up their credit histories yet, it’s a safe bet that these young adults are paying relatively high interest rates on the resulting credit card debt.

由于他们还没有建立自己的信用记录，可以肯定的是，这些年轻人正在为由此产生的信用卡债务支付相对较高的利率。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级The researchers argue that weak job markets push more workers into accepting relatively undesirable work at nursing homes, leading to better care for residents.

研究人员认为，疲软的就业市场促使更多的工人接受养老院相对不受欢迎的工作，从而更好地照顾居民。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级They accepted relatively low pay, difficult working conditions, and gave their very best.

他们接受了相对较低的工资和艰苦的工作条件，并尽了最大努力。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级This is simply not a large enough group to reduce the social stigma(污名)and force other adjustments necessary to supporting men in this decision, even if only for a relatively short time.

这根本不是一个足够大的群体来减少社会污名(污名)并强制进行其他必要的调整，以支持男性做出这一决定，即使只是在相对较短的时间内。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级“These patterns suggest that some types of mental flexibility decrease relatively early in adulthood, but that the amount of knowledge one has, and the effectiveness of integrating it with one’s abilities, may increase throughout all of adulthood if there are no diseases,” Salthouse said in a news release.

Salthouse在一份新闻稿中说：“这些模式表明，某些类型的心理灵活性在成年早期相对降低，但如果没有疾病，一个人所拥有的知识量以及将其与能力相结合的有效性可能会在整个成年期内增加。”。

2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套)

四级“The fact that participants were willing to substitute part of a food item for the mere prospect of a relatively small monetary award is interesting,” says Reimann.

Reimann说：“参与者愿意用一部分食物来代替一个相对较小的金钱奖励，这一事实很有趣。”。

2016年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

四级Even so, relatively few young women (15%) say they have been discriminated against at work because of their gender.

即便如此，相对较少的年轻女性（15%）表示她们在工作中因性别而受到歧视。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第3套)

四级They want jobs that provide security and flexibility, and they place relatively little importance on high pay.

他们想要提供安全性和灵活性的工作，而他们对高薪的重视程度相对较低。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第3套)

四级Although economic research and previous survey findings have shown that career interruptions related to motherhood may make it harder for women to advance in their careers and compete for top executive jobs, relatively few adults in the recent survey point to this as a key barrier for women seeking leadership roles.

尽管经济研究和之前的调查结果表明，与母亲身份有关的职业中断可能会使女性更难在职业生涯中取得进步和竞争高管职位，但在最近的调查中，相对较少的成年人指出这是女性寻求领导职位的关键障碍。

2019年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

考研Life without large urban areas may seem inconceivable to us, but actually cities are relatively recent development.

没有大城市区域的生活对我们来说可能是不可思议的，但实际上城市是相对较新的发展。

1987年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In primitive societies adolescence is frequently a relatively short period of time, while in industrial societies with patterns of prolonged education coupled with laws against child labor, the period of adolescence is much longer and may include most of the second decade of one’s life.

在原始社会，青春期通常是一段相对较短的时间，而在教育模式长期化、法律禁止童工的工业社会，青春期要长得多，可能包括人生第二个十年的大部分时间。

1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and “cold” spots (that is, the relatively less hot spots) on the sun.

一个研究站的天文学家研究了太阳上的热点和“冷”点（即相对较少的热点）。

1992年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion or problems arising from mass migration movements—themselves made relatively easy nowadays by modern means of transport.

由于人口爆炸或大规模移民流动所产生的问题，也可能会产生额外的社会压力——现代交通工具使这些问题变得相对容易。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming “I wanted to spend more time with my family”.

一次横向调动伤害了我的自尊心，阻碍了我的职业发展，促使我放弃了相对高调的职业生涯，尽管我以一位名誉扫地的政府部长的方式，声称“我想花更多的时间与家人在一起”，以此来掩饰我的离职。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研But not all parts of the brain are equally involved; the limbic system (the “emotional brain”) is especially active, while the prefrontal cortex (the center of intellect and reasoning) is relatively quiet.

但并不是大脑的所有部分都同样参与其中；边缘系统（“情绪大脑”）特别活跃，而前额叶皮层（智力和推理的中心）相对安静。

2005年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past.

这个概念是，人们没有发现海洋中发生的巨大变化，因为他们只回顾了相对较短的过去。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题