The regulations pertaining to laboratory safety must be reviewed before any new experiment is conducted.
在进行任何新实验之前，必须审查与实验室安全相关的规章制度。
Which choice best defines “pertain”?
A — To be relevant or applicable to.. “pertain” means To be relevant or applicable to..
Which word means “To be relevant or applicable to.”?
D — pertain. “pertain” means To be relevant or applicable to..
pertain — To be relevant or applicable to.. In Chinese: 与…有关;适用于;从属.
pertain is pronounced //pərˈteɪn//.
The regulations pertaining to laboratory safety must be reviewed before any new experiment is conducted. (在进行任何新实验之前，必须审查与实验室安全相关的规章制度。)
relate, concern, apply — all close in meaning to pertain (To be relevant or applicable to.).
be irrelevant, disregard — each the opposite of pertain (To be relevant or applicable to.).
Yes. pertain is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
per + tain(持,contain) → 牵连到 → 与…相关。