[attrib.]belonging or relating separately to each of two or more people or things 各自的,分别的 they chatted about their respective childhoods. 他们聊起了各自的童年。
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'relative, comparative'): from medieval Latin respectivus, from respect- 'regarded, considered', from the verb respicere (see respect), reinforced by French respectif, -ive