单词 | relate |
释义 | relate (once / 22 pages) 1v 2v 3v The verb relate means "to make a connection." If you can relate to someone's story, something like that has happened to you. Relate also means "to give an account of something verbally," like relating details of your trip to Sweden. That meaning of relate comes from the Latin word relatus, meaning "to recount, tell." If you talk about the federal budget crisis, people might not be interested until you relate it, meaning "explain the relationship between," to the possible job cuts at your local schools and police departments. WORD FAMILYrelate: interrelate, related, relates, relating, relation, relative+/interrelate: interrelated, interrelating, interrelation/interrelated: interrelatedness/interrelation: interrelations, interrelationship/interrelationship: interrelationships/related: relatedly, relatedness, unrelated/relation: relational, relations, relationship/relational: relationally/relationship: relationships/relative: relatively, relatives, relativise, relativism, relativity, relativize/relativistic: relativistically/relativity: relativistic, relativities/relativize: relativizes/unrelated: unrelatedly, unrelatedness USAGE EXAMPLESBut the judge stopped short of forcing the company to apologise and did not say Chen’s dismissal was related to his gender identity. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) “Most people think that illness is related to the organism. That’s only one part of the story,” Powers says. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The questioning Monday night was apparently related to the less serious of the two, which concerns gifts from businessmen, according to the media reports. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 v give an account of 2The witness related the events Hyper narrate, recite, recount, tell narrate or give a detailed account of 1v make a logical or causal connection I cannot relate these events at all Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, tie in decouple, dissociate regard as unconnected remember exercise, or have the power of, memory interrelateplace into a mutual relationship correlatebring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation identifyconceive of as united or associated free-associateassociate freely have in mind, mean, think ofintend to refer to advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refermake reference to cerebrate, cogitate, think use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments 2v be relevant to 3Syn|Hypo bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, touch, touch on advert, allude, touch make a more or less disguised reference to center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around center upon apply, go for, holdbe pertinent or relevant or applicable affect, involve, regardconnect closely and often incriminatingly interest, matter tobe of importance or consequence implicatebring into intimate and incriminating connection fascinate, intriguecause to be interested or curious 1v be in a relationship with How are these two observations related? Syn|Hypo|Hyper interrelate interrelate place into a mutual relationship predicate make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition tutoract as a guardian to someone tie inbe in connection with something relevant be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 2v have or establish a relationship to She relates well to her peers Hypo|Hyper harmonise, harmonize bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously bind, hold, obligate, obligebind by an obligation; cause to be indebted connectestablish a rapport or relationship disrespectshow a lack of respect for meshwork together in harmony take backresume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband get along, get along with, get on, get on withhave smooth relations attach, bind, bond, tiecreate social or emotional ties accommodate, conciliate, reconcilemake (one thing) compatible with (another) proportiongive pleasant proportions to pledgebind or secure by a pledge articlebind by a contract; especially for a training period indent, indenturebind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant tie downrestrain from independence by an obligation fixateattach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violateact in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises befriendbecome friends with interact act together or towards others or with others |
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