relate
verb[T]
uk/rɪˈleɪt/us/rɪˈleɪt/relateverb[T](CONNECT)
C2[T]
tofindor show theconnectionbetween two or more things:
找到联系；证明…有联系We need toexplainwhy theseissuesareimportantand relate themtoeverydaylife.我们需要解释为什么这些问题很重要并且和他们的日常生活相关。
Archaeologistshopeto relate thediscoverywiththearrivalof Vikings in theareain the tenthcentury.考古学家希望把这些发现与公元十世纪维京人的到来联系起来。
equationsthat relatevariablesofpressure,volume, andtemperature将压力、体积与温度相连的方程式
Linking and relating
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain tosomething
- applicable
- around
- attach
- bond
- concern
- interconnected
- interconnectedness
- interconnection
- intercorrelate
- intercorrelation
- relatable
- relate tosomeone/something
- relation
- relationship
- relative
- tar
- tie
relateverb[T](TELL)
C2[T]formal
totellastoryordescribeaseriesofevents:
讲述；叙述；讲She related theeventsof thepreviousweektothepolice.她对警方讲述了上个星期发生的事情。
She relatedthatshe had beenapproachedby anemployeeaskingfortimeoff.她提到有雇员找到她要求休假。
[+ question word]He relateshowat theageof 23 he wasinternedin aprisoncamp.他讲述了他在23岁时被关押在战俘营中的经历。
to tell someone something
- tellMy friend told me you were looking for me.
- let someone knowLet me know if you'd like to come.
- giveCan you give the message to Jo?
- communicateA 60-second TV commercial isn't always the best way to communicate a complex medical message.
- informThe relatives of the injured have been informed of the accident.
- notifyThe school has to notify parents if their children do not arrive at school.
Describing & telling stories
- dream sequence
- griot
- narrate
- narration
- narrative
- narrator
- non-narrative
- omniscient narrator
- paint a picture (of something)idiom
- personalize
- personification
- personify
- recitation
- recount
- retell
- self-report
- spin
- storyteller
- storytelling
- teller
relateverb[T](UNDERSTAND)
[I]informal
to beabletounderstandasituationor someone'sfeelingsbecause you haveexperiencedsomethingsimilaryourself:
领略；认同；发生共鸣I oftenwakevery early - I'msuremostreadersover 50 can relate.我经常很早就醒了，我相信许多50岁以上的读者会有共鸣。
Empathy and sensitivity
- attuned
- commune
- communicate
- communion
- compathy
- emotional intelligence
- empathy
- identify
- identify withsomeone
- put
- putyourselfinsomeone'splace/position/shoesidiom
- rapport
- self-discovery
- sensitive
- sensitively
- sensitiveness
- sympathetically
- theory of mind
- understand
- understanding
Phrasal verbs
relate tosomeone/something
relate tosomeone
relate tosomething