pertain
verb [intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pertain | |
| he / she / it pertains | |
| past simple pertained | |
| past participle pertained | |
| -ing form pertaining |
to exist or to apply in a particular situation or at a particular time 存在；适用 Living conditions are vastly different from those pertaining in their country of origin. 生活条件与他们的出生国大不相同。 Those laws no longer pertain. 那些法律已不适用了。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French partenir, from Latin pertinere ‘extend to, have reference to’, from per- ‘through’ + tenere ‘to hold’.