Pertain



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 属于; 关于
• ［英］ v. 属于 ( to belong as a part) ; 关于 ( to have reference)
• ［类］ 反义词: be irrelevant ( 不相关)
• ［记］ per ( 全部) ＋tain ( 拿住) -> 全部拿住 -> 属于
• ［例］ a book pertaining to birds ( 有关鸟类的书)

Webster Collegiate

intransitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English perteinen, from Anglo-French partenir, purteiner, from Latin pertinēre to reach to, belong, from per- through + tenēre to hold — more at thin
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) to belong as a part, member, accessory, or product
    • (2) to belong as an attribute, feature, or function <the destruction and havoc pertaining to war>
    • (3) to belong as a duty or right <responsibilities that pertain to fatherhood>
  • b. to be appropriate to something <the criteria…will be different from those that pertain elsewhere — J. B. Conant>
• 2. to have reference <books pertaining to birds>

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