ADVERB | VERB + RELATE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤closely密切相關▸➤directly, specifically直接/明確相關◇The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.報告中提出的問題與“關心老人”組織在這方面正在做的工作有直接的關係。➤somehow有某種聯繫◇All these works relate somehow to the artist's emotional life.所有這些作品都與該藝術家的感情生活存在着某種聯繫。➤primarily主要相關◇Our work primarily relates to product design.我們的工作主要與產品設計相關。VERB + RELATE➤be able to, can能聯繫起來;可以聯繫起來▸➤attempt to, try to嘗試/試圖聯繫▸➤be difficult to, find sth difficult to難以聯繫起來;發現將⋯聯繫起來很難◇I found it difficult to relate the two ideas in my mind.我發現要將這兩種觀點聯繫起來相當困難。PREPOSITION➤to和⋯聯繫起來◇Our product needs an image that people can relate to.我們的產品需要一個讓人認同的形象。PHRASES➤the ability to relate to sb/sth把⋯聯繫起來的能力▸➤an attempt to relate sth把⋯聯繫起來的嘗試◇Attempts to relate studies on animals to those on humans are not really comparing like with like.試圖將對動物的研究和對人類的研究聯繫起來並不是對兩種相似的事物進行比較。