relate ...to ... 向......叙述......;把......和......联系起来
(2)related adj. 相关的,有联系的
relative adj. 有关系的,相对的
relation n. 关系,联系;叙述;亲属关系
①Light industry is closely related to agriculture.
轻工业和农业密切相关。
②Can you relate what happened in your childhood to/with your present state of mind?
你能否把你童年时的遭遇同目前的心境联系起来吗?
③Economic reform has brought relative (relate) wealth to peasant farmers.
经济改革给农民带来了相对的财富。
④The relation (relate) between the two countries gets worse and worse.
这两个国家的关系变得越来越糟了。
[名师点津] 表示"与......有关"的短语还有:
①be connected with
②have something to do with
③be linked to
3.(教材P9)One explanation is that women's sense of smell is better developed than that of men, and is linked to recognizing the smell of babies.
一种解释是:女人的嗅觉比男人的嗅觉发育得更好,且与识别婴儿的体味有关。
recognize (recognise) vt.认识,辨认出;意识到;(正式)承认
(1)recognize ...as/to be ... 承认......是......
recognize+that从句 承认......,意识到......
be recognized as 被公认为
(2)recognition n. 认识,认出;承认
①The computer will recognize your voice and carry out the instructions.
计算机可以识别你的声音,并完成指令。
②Having recognized (recognize) the problem, we worked out a plan at once.
意识到了问题,我们马上制订了计划。
③He recognized that he had made mistakes.
他承认自己犯了错误。
④The Mona Lisa is widely recognized as/to_be the most famous painting in the history of art.
《蒙娜丽莎》被公认为艺术史上最著名的画。
[名师点津] 表示"认为,把......看作"的词组还有: