relate

relate to是“涉及…”或“跟…有关系”, be related to是“在性质上跟…相关”或“跟…有亲属等关系”，下面各句里的relate(s) to和be related to不可对调：

• This paragraph relates to the War of Independence.
• The speech relates to the relaxation of international tension.
• I do not understand how the different parts of the machine relate to each other.
• He has collected many proverbs and popular sayings that relate to the seasons, the weather, and agricultural pursuits.
• These occurrences seem to be related to each other.
• Mr Bryan is closely related to Mr Carson.
• The domestic cat is distantly related to the tiger.
• This plant is said to be related to that.