pertain「存在；属于；关于」的运用

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Word of the Day： April 2, 2021

pertain

存在；属于；关于

verb per-TAYN

Definition

1 a (1)： to belong as a part, member, accessory, or product

属于一部分、属于成员、属于配件或属于产品

(2) ： to belong as an attribute, feature, or function

作为一种属性、特征或功能

(3) ： to belong as a duty or right

属于义务或权利

b： to be appropriate to something

适合于某事

2： to have refernce

作参考，作引用

Examples

“The author’s careful attention to history—especially as it pertains to the struggle creative women like Curie and Fuller faced for acceptance as creative equals to men—helps round out the text with feminist insights.” — Kirkus Reviews, 15 Dec. 2020

“作者注重于关注历史，特别是面对接受像居里和富勒这样的与男性创造力相同的，富有上进心（竞争性）创造力的女性，这有助于用女性主义的观点来充实文本内容。”

“Capitalism pertains to an economy that runs by voluntary contracts between citizens rather than government command and control, and that principle can bring some of the same advantages that Kant adduced for democratic republics.” — Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, 2011

“资本主义属于一种通过公民之间的自愿契约而不是政府的命令和控制来运行的经济，这一原则可以带来一些与康德所引证的民主共和国相同的优势。”

Did You Know?

Pertain comes to English via Anglo-French from the Latin verb pertinēre, meaning “to reach to” or “to belong.” Pertinēre, in turn, was formed by combining the prefix per- (meaning “through”) and tenēre (“to hold”). Tenēre is a popular root in English words and often manifests with the -tain spelling that can be seen in pertain. Other descendants include abstain, contain, detain, maintain, obtain, retain, and sustain, to name a few of the more common ones. Not every -tain word has tenēre in its ancestry, though. Ascertain, attain, and certain are among the exceptions. And a few tenēre words don’t follow the usual pattern: tenacious and tenure are two.

Pertain是来自英语动词pertinēre的通过盎格鲁法语来的英语，意思是“to reach to「达到」”或“to belong「属于」”。 反过来，Pertinēre是通过前缀per-（表示“though「通过」”）和tenēre（表示“to hold「持有」”）组合形成的。 Tenēre 是英语单词中的一个流行的词根，经常以-tain 拼写形式体现出来，可以在related中看到。 其他派生词包括abstain「弃权」，contain「包含」，detain「拘留」，maintain「维持」，obtain「获得」，retain保留和sustain「维持」，列举一些较常见的词。 但是，并非每个-tain单词的起源都 是tenēre。 Ascertain「查明；弄清」, attain「得到；达到」, and certain 「肯定；确定」就是例外，还有几个 tenēre 的词不遵循通常的模式：tenacious「顽强」和tenure「终身制」这两个。

Test Your Vocabulary

Unscramble the letters to create an adjective meaning “highly pertinent”: OTIPEAPS.