vt.

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

   我们向他讲述了我们的困难，请他指导。

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

   你能否把你童年时的遭遇同目前的心境相联起来？

vi.

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

   我不知道这与什么有关。

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

   你的说法与事实不太符合。

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

   她和同辈处不来。

   She doesn't relate well to her mother.

   她与她母亲相处不很和睦。

4. 认同；欣赏
   I just can't relate to these new fashions.

   我就是没办法认同这些新的流行款式。

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.