be related to和be relevant to,在用法上有区别吗?

题目

be related to和be relevant to,在用法上有区别吗?
be related to和be relevant to,都是“与...有关”的意思,在用法上有区别吗?
例句：He would have been immune from any crimes_____piracy.
这道题的空处答案是“related to”请问可以填“relevant

答案

要了解英文单词的含义,你不能只读中文翻译.
"related to" 和 "relevant to" 真正意义不同:
(1) "relate/relating/related (to)"= to have relation/connection/reference/association.
(a) He would have been immune from any crimes__related to___piracy.[形容词]
(b) Have you any information relating to the effect of penicilin?[动词]
(c) He related all that had happened to him.叙述[动词]
(2) relevant 形容词= 有关的 Having a bearing on or connection with the matter at hand.
(a) I don't think his remarks are relevant (to our discussion);
(b) Any relevant information should be given to the police.
(c) the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research