vt.

1. 講，敘述[（+to）]
   To him we related our troubles, asking his advice.

   我們向他講述了我們的困難，請他指導。

2. 使有聯繫[（+to/with）]
   Can you relate what happened in your childhood to your present state of mind?

   你能否把你童年時的遭遇同目前的心境相聯起來？

vi.

1. 有關，涉及[（+to）]
   I don't know to what this relates.

   我不知道這與什麼有關。

2. 符合[（+with）]
   Your statement does not relate well with the facts.

   你的說法與事實不太符合。

3. 相處[（+to）]
   She doesn't relate well to her peers.

   她和同輩處不來。

   She doesn't relate well to her mother.

   她與她母親相處不很和睦。

4. 認同；欣賞
   I just can't relate to these new fashions.

   我就是沒辦法認同這些新的流行款式。

v.

1. give an account of.
2. (be related) be connected by blood or marriage.
3. make or show a connection between.
   ▸ (relate to) concern.
4. (relate to) feel sympathy for or identify with.