respective [rɪ'spek.tɪv] adjective [before noun] ■relating or belonging to each of the separate people or things you have just mentioned 各自的;各个的;分别的•Everyone would go into the hall for assembly and then afterwards we'd go to our respective classes.所有人都去礼堂参加集会,会后各自回各自的班级。 •Clinton and Zedillo ordered their respective Cabinets to devise a common counter-drug strategy.克林顿和塞迪略命令他们各自的内阁制订两国共同的反毒品战略。 |