refer to
phrasal verbrefer to somebody/something (as something)
- to mention or speak about somebody/something
提到；谈及；说起 - The victims were not referred to by name.
没有提到受害人的姓名。 - Her mother never referred to him again.
她的母亲再也没有提起过他。 - You know who I'm referring to.
你知道我指的是谁。 - I promised not to refer to the matter again.
我答应过再不提这事了。 - He referred to the fact that the vessel had not undergone a refit since 1987.
他指出该船自 1987 年以来从未进行过整修。 - She always referred to Ben as ‘that nice man’.
她总是称本为“那个大好人”。 - This process is often referred to as global warming.
这个过程通常被称为全球变暖。 - PCR tests, commonly referred to as swab tests, take around 24 hours to be confirmed.
PCR 检测通常称为拭子检测，大约需要 24 小时才能得到确认。
Extra Examples- Kaminsky and Reinhart—hereafter referred to as KR
Kaminsky 和 Reinhart－ 以下称为 KR - The disease was commonly referred to as ‘the green sickness’.
人们一般将这种病称为“ 萎黄病”。
- The victims were not referred to by name.
refer to somebody/something
- to describe or be connected to somebody/something
描述；涉及；与…相关 - The star refers to items which are intended for the advanced learner.
标有星号的项目是给高阶学习者的。 - The term ‘Arts’ usually refers to humanities and social sciences.
arts 一词通常指人文和社会科学。 - This paragraph refers to the events of last year.
这一段说的是去年发生的事。 - In Austen's tale, the title refers to the pride of Darcy.
在奥斯汀的故事中，这个标题指的是达西的骄傲。 - The term ‘accent’ refers to pronunciation. The term ‘dialect’ refers to vocabulary and grammar.
“口音”一词指的是发音。 “方言”一词指的是词汇和语法。 - While it can be done manually, the term ‘web scraping’ generally refers to an automated process.
虽然可以手动完成，但术语“网络抓取”通常指的是自动化过程。 - These figures refer only to full time employees.
这些数字仅指全职员工。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- briefly
- in passing
- specifically
- …
- be used to
- as
- The star refers to items which are intended for the advanced learner.
- to look at something or ask a person for information
查阅；参考；征询 - You may refer to your notes if you want.
如果需要，可以查阅笔记。 - to refer to a dictionary
查词典 - Please refer to the following documents for specific details of the programme.
该计划的具体细节请参阅以下文件。
- You may refer to your notes if you want.