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relate
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.
relevant
a.[(+to)]
1.有关的;切题的;恰当的
His nationality isn't relevant to whether he is a good lawyer.
他的国籍跟他是不是一个好律师不相关.
2.有意义的;关系重大的
