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involve

英[ɪn'vɒlv] 美[ɪn'vɑlv]
  • vt. 包含;牵涉;使陷于;潜心于

英英释意


1. connect closely and often incriminatingly;
"This new ruling affects your business"
2. engage as a participant;
"Don't involve me in your family affairs!"
3. have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail;
"This decision involves many changes"
4. require as useful, just, or proper;
"It takes nerve to do what she did"
"success usually requires hard work"
"This job asks a lot of patience and skill"
"This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"
"This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"
"This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"
5. contain as a part;
"Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"
6. wrap;
"The tower was involved in mist"
7. occupy or engage the interest of;
"His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
8. make complex or intricate or complicated;
"The situation was rather involved"