relate

verb [vt. 及物动词]联系，使有联系；涉及，关于；叙述，讲述；认同，理解；相处，交往（描述人们如何交谈、相处和对待他人）

The way that two things relate, or the way that one thing relates to another, is the sort of connection that exists between them. ^{发生联系; 与…相联系}