1. Relative to average wages, they rose by more than a quarter in the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, weighted by population.
relative to 關(guān)于…的,和…比較起來(lái)
The satellite remains in one spot relative to the earth's surface.
相對(duì)地球表面而言,這顆衛(wèi)星位置固定
。2. It was not a prank when on April 1st the IMF, once famed for its austerity, floated the idea of one-off solidarity taxes on the rich and on companies.
one-off 一次性的;絕無(wú)僅有的事物
It was just a one-off; it won't happen again.
這事絕無(wú)僅有;不會(huì)再發(fā)生了
。