relate

[ri'leit]

v.叙述, 使有联系, 有关联

例句与用法:

It is difficult to relate cause and effect in this case.

这个案件中的动机与结果很难联系起来。

These two events were related to each other.

这两个事件相互有联系。

Children need to learn to relate to other children.

孩子们应该学会与其他孩子友好相处。

词形变化:

形容词: relatable | 名词: relater | 动词过去式: related | 动词过去分词: related | 动词现在分词: relating | 动词第三人称单数: relates |

详细释义:

vt.

1. 讲, 叙述[(+to)]

To him we related our troubles, asking his advice.

我们向他讲述了我们的困难, 请他指导。

2. 使有联系[(+to/with)]

Can you relate what happened in your childhood to your present state of mind?

你能否把你童年时的遭遇同目前的心境相联起来?

vi.

1. 有关, 涉及[(+to)]

I don't know to what this relates.

我不知道这与什么有关。

2. 符合[(+with)]

Your statement does not relate well with the facts.

你的说法与事实不太符合。

3. 相处[(+to)]

She doesn't relate well to her peers.

她和同辈处不来。

She doesn't relate well to her mother.

她与她母亲相处不很和睦。

4. 认同; 欣赏

I just can't relate to these new fashions.

我就是没办法认同这些新的流行款式。


短语词组:

relate to/with

1. 有关

To what events did your remarks relate?

你的话指的是什么事?