relate
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they relate | |
| he / she / it relates | |
| past simple related | |
| past participle related | |
| -ing form relating |
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show or make a connection between two or more things 聯系；使有聯系；把…聯系起來 - relate something
I found it difficult to relate the two ideas in my mind. 我覺得很難把這兩種想法聯系在一起。 - relate A to B
In the future, pay increases will be related to productivity. 以後，工資的上漲將和業績挂鈎。 Attempts to relate studies on animals to those on humans are not really comparing like with like. 試圖將對動物的研究和對人類的研究聯系起來並不是對兩種相似的事物進行比較。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- directly
- specifically
- …
- be able to
- can
- attempt to
- …
- to
- the ability to relate to somebody/something
- an attempt to relate something
- relate something
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to give a spoken or written report of something; to tell a story 叙述；講述；講（故事） - relate something
Then he related a story about his days working in a research laboratory. 然後他講述了一個他在研究實驗室工作的故事。 She relates her childhood experiences in the first chapters. 在開始的幾章中，她叙述了自己童年的經歷。 - relate something to somebody
He related the facts of the case to journalists. 他給記者們講述了這件事的實際情況。 - relate how, what, etc….
She related how he had run away from home as a boy. 她追述了他小時候是如何離家出走的。 - relate that…
The story relates that an angel appeared and told him to sing. 這個故事講述一個天使現身，叫他唱歌。
Extra ExamplesAn audio-visual presentation relates the story of the Battle of Hastings. 用視聽演示簡報講述了黑斯廷斯戰役的故事。 He related the whole conversation to the police. 他向警方陳述了談話的全部内容。
- relate something
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin relat- ‘brought back’, from the verb referre ‘carry back’, from re- ‘back’ + ferre ‘bring’.