be appropriate, related, or applicable 适合,符合;有关,涉及;适用 matters pertaining to the organization of government. 与政府组织有关的事。 ■(chiefly Law)belong to something as a part, appendage, or accessory (主律)从属,归属,附属 the shop premises and stock and all assets pertaining to the business. 属于那个商行的商店经营场所、库存和所有的资产。 ■[with adverbial]be in effect or existence in a specified place or at a specified time (在特定的时间或地点)生效,存在,起作用 their economic circumstances are vastly different from those which pertained in their land of origin. 他们的经济环境与原产地的经济环境有很大的不同。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French partenir, from Latin pertinere 'extend to, have reference to', from per- 'through' + tenere 'to hold'