reflect upon . reflect on . consider carefully认真考虑

I reflected on all he had said to me．我仔细考虑了他对我说的话。

As you get older you begin to reflect on the uncertainty of life．随着年龄的增长，你会开始意识到生活是不稳定的。

reflect upon . reflect on . bring something into disfavor or question带来不利影响或造成问题；使…名誉不好

The lie that you told reflects on your honesty．你的谎言有损于你的诚实。

His arrogance only reflects on himself．他的傲慢无礼只能使自己丢脸。

reflect upon . reflect on . discredit or doubt；blame怀疑；不信任；责备

I don't wish to reflect upon your sincerity．我并不愿意怀疑你的诚实。

The man made recommendations which reflected on their efficiency．那个人提出了一些建议，指责了他们的工作效率。

refrain from . hold oneself back from；keep oneself from克制使自己不做；自制

You must refrain from spitting in the street．你不能在街上随地吐痰。

Please refrain from smoking．请勿吸烟。

I purposely refrain from arguing with him．我有意克制自己不和他争辩。

I refrained from further words．我忍住没有再说下去。

refrain from . prevent from阻止；防止

Fortunately he was refrained from wrongdoing．很幸运，他被阻止没有做出蠢事来。

regain one's feet . get back up again after falling down跌倒后重新站起来

The boy fell while he skied down the hill but he regained his feet quickly．这男孩滑雪下坡时摔倒了，但他很快又爬了起来。

regard…as . consider somebody or something to be认为…是

I regard him as my brother．我把他当作自己的兄弟。

It is regarded as impossible．这事被认为不可能。

regardless of . paying no attention to不考虑

Regardless of the danger，he climbed the tower．他不顾危险，爬上了那座塔。

He insisted on trying，utterly regardless of the possible grave consequences．他全然不顾可能产生的后果，执意要试一试。

relate to . tell something to somebody 向…讲述

The children enjoyed relating their imaginary adventures to the visitors．孩子们喜欢向来客讲述他们幻想中的冒险故事。

He related to his students his adventures vividly．他向学生们生动地叙述了他的奇遇。

relate to . understand and like something 理解并且喜欢

I can't relate to loud modern music．我不喜欢喧闹的现代音乐。

relate to . have a friendly and sympathetic relationship with somebody 与…有友好和谐的关系

This boss is best at relating to his employees．这位老板很善于和他的雇员们相处。

A good teacher is one who can relate to the students，not just one who has a lot of information．一个好老师应该能够与学生和谐相处，而不仅仅是个知识的拥有者。

relate to . be concerned with；be in relationship with关于；涉及；与…有关

He sent me a letter relating to his son's marriage．他给我来信讲了关于他儿子的婚事。

She is only concerned with things relating to herself．她只关心与她自己有关的事情。

The unemployment figures are not necessarily related to the rise in prices．失业数字不一定与物价上涨有关。

relate to . connect by family与某人有亲戚关系

How are you related to her? 你和她是什么亲戚关系?

Jim is related to Jack；Jack is his uncle．吉姆和杰克是亲戚，杰克是吉姆的叔叔。

relieve of . take from somebody ；free somebody from替…拿；使某人免于

Let me relieve you of that heavy parcel．让我替你提那个重包。

You'd better relieve Mary of some of the housework．你最好减轻一点玛丽的家务活。

relieve of . dismiss from（a position）解除（某人职务）

The captain was relieved of his post when his guilt was proved．证明有罪之后，船长被解除了职务。

She was relieved of her post at her own request．她要求辞职并被批准了。

relieve of . rob somebody of something 抢劫（某人的东西）

A thief relieved me of five pounds ．小偷偷了我五英镑钱。

rely on . rely upon . trust信任；相信

You may rely on me．你可以信任我。

I rely upon your words absolutely．我绝对相信你的话。

rely on . rely upon . depend on依赖

You can't always rely on others'help．你不能总是依赖别人的帮助。

Don't rely on chance；rely on yourself．不要靠机会，要靠你自己的努力。

remind of . make somebody remember使…想起

This hotel reminds me of the one we stayed in last year．这家旅馆使我想起了去年我们住过的那家。

He rather reminds me of his brother．见了他就使我想起了他的哥哥。

 resort to . turn to（something．，often bad）for help；employ求助于（某物，常指不好的）；诉诸于；用

When his wife left him，he resorted to drinking．他妻子离开他之后，他就开始酗酒了。

Never resort to mean tricks to serve your end．千万不可用欺诈的手段来达到你的目的。