释义 |
bear a relation (or relationship) to [with negative] Be logically consistent with: the map didn’t seem to bear any relation to the roads...- In fact, very little of what happens in Dreamer bears a relationship to something that happened in real life, so the ‘true story’ part of the equation is a red herring.
- All lost weight, but the amount of weight lost bore no relation to whether participants were on a diet or not.
- At various points in his book, he declares himself incensed by the presumption that the Iris by his side is not Iris, but a generic Alzheimer's sufferer who bears no real relation to that entity.
See parent entry: bear |