refer to something/somebody 向某事物/某人资讯信息等

I referred to my watch for the exact time.
我看了一下手表好知道准确的时间。

refer to 参考；涉及；指的是；适用于

参考：
Writers often refer to a dictionary.
作家时常参考字典。

Finally, make some general notes about your mood that day, so you can refer to it later.
最后，为了你可以日后参考它，对那天你的心情做一些一般性的总结。

适用于：
These regulations refer to every foreigner.
这些规章适用于一切外国人。

Citation indices, which work only where publications refer to their sources explicitly, form a tiny nebula in the digital universe.
引文索引仅适用于明确标明信息来源的出版物，在浩瀚的数字宇宙中，引文索引只能算是小小的星云。

指的是：
That doesn’t necessarily refer to the number of followers, tweets, or retweets you may have, although these are important factors.
这并不一定指的是你追随者的数量，推特条数，锐推的数量，尽管这些都是重要的因素。

Environmental goods refer to goods or services that reduce pressure on the environment, help create new jobs and can be economically advantageous for businesses.
“环保商品”指的是可以减少对环境的压力、帮助创造新的就业岗位、使企业能够拥有经济优势的商品或服务。

涉及：
Fictional retellings of the story refer to the mask as an “Iron” mask.
而流传下来的故事里涉及到这副面具时都说是铁面具。

The most important parameters are ones that refer to TCP streaming workload tuning.
最重要的参数是那些涉及到 TCP 流工作负载优化的参数。