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relate
vt.
1.講,敘述[(+to)]
To him we related our troubles,asking his advice.
我們向他講述了我們的困難,請他指導.
2.使有聯(lián)系[(+to/with)]
Can you relate what happened in your childhood to your present state of mind?
你能否把你童年時的遭遇同目前的心境相聯(lián)起來?
vi.
1.有關,涉及[(+to)]
I don't know to what this relates.
我不知道這與什么有關.
2.符合[(+with)]
Your statement does not relate well with the facts.
你的說法與事實不太符合.
3.相處[(+to)]
She doesn't relate well to her peers.
她和同輩處不來.
She doesn't relate well to her mother.
她與她母親相處不很和睦.
4.認同;欣賞
I just can't relate to these new fashions.
我就是沒辦法認同這些新的流行款式.
relevant
a.[(+to)]
1.有關的;切題的;恰當?shù)?br/>His nationality isn't relevant to whether he is a good lawyer.
他的國籍跟他是不是一個好律師不相關.
2.有意義的;關系重大的