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单词 relatable
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•late /rɪˈleɪt/USA pronunciation   v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 
  1. to tell (the story of something);
    describe (an event or events);
    narrate: [+ object]She related the plot to the investigators.[+ that clause]She related that she had left the office at noon.
  2. to show an association or connection between two or more things:[+ object]to relate events to probable causes.
  3. to have a connection: [+ to + object][not: be + ~-ing]The one idea does not relate to the other.[no object]Those two ideas do not relate.
  4. to have or establish a sympathetic relationship or understanding:[+ to + object]The two sisters were unable to relate to each other.
re•lat•er, n. [countable]See -lat1-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•late  (ri lāt),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to tell;
    give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
  2. to bring into or establish association, connection, or relation:to relate events to probable causes.

v.i. 
  1. to have reference (often fol. by to).
  2. to have some relation (often fol. by to).
  3. to establish a social or sympathetic relationship with a person or thing:two sisters unable to relate to each other.
  • Latin relātus, suppletive past participle of referre to carry back (see refer)
  • 1480–90
re•lat′a•bili•ty, n. 
re•lata•ble, adj. 
re•later, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged narrate, delineate, detail, repeat. Relate, recite, recount, rehearse mean to tell, report, or describe in some detail an occurrence or circumstance. To relate is to give an account of happenings, events, circumstances, etc.:to relate one's adventures.To recite may mean to give details consecutively, but more often applies to the repetition from memory of something learned with verbal exactness:to recite a poem.To recount is usually to set forth consecutively the details of an occurrence, argument, experience, etc., to give an account in detail:to recount an unpleasant experience.Rehearse implies some formality and exactness in telling, sometimes with repeated performance as for practice before final delivery:to rehearse one's side of a story.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ally.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dissociate.

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