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单词 relate
释义 relate
 —relatability,  n.   —relatable,  adj.   —relater,  n.  
 /ri layt"/,  v.  , related, relating.
  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.  
  3. to have reference (often fol. by to).
  4. to have some relation (often fol. by to).
  5. to establish a social or sympathetic relationship with a person or thing: two sisters unable to relate to each other.
 [1480-90; < L relatus, suppletive ptp. of referre to carry back (see REFER)]
 Syn. 1. 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. ally.
 Ant. 2. dissociate.
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