vi.[(+to)]

1. 从属，附属
   We own the house and the land pertaining to it.

   我们拥有这所房子和附属的土地。

2. 有关，关于
   This lesson pertains to marine animals.

   这一课讲海洋动物。

3. 适合，相配
   Her conduct hardly pertains to a lady.

   她的行为与女士身份不太相符。

v.

1. (pertain to) be appropriate, related, or applicable to.
   ▸chiefly Law  belong to something as a part, appendage, or accessory.
2. formal be in effect or existence in a specified place or at a specified time:
   none of these circumstances pertained during the Jurassic.