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involve
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- Conjugation :
past
involved
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ing
involving
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Derivatives :
n
involvement
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- involve
[ɪn'vɔlv]
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1.
vt.
(entail) 包含
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2.
vt.
(concern,affect) 使卷入
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to involve sb (in sth)
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使某人参与(某事)
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- involve
[ɪnˈvɒlv]
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1.
vt.
牵涉,连累
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2.
vt.
使参与
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Don't involve me in your family affairs!
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别把我缠到你的家务事中!
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3.
vt.
意味;包含
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This decision involves many changes.
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这项决定涉及到许多变化。
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4.
vt.
需要
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5.
vt.
包含,包括
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Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses.
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乔家的晚餐至少会上六道菜。
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6.
vt.
吸引,使专注
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His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon.
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整个下午,他的故事完全吸引了我。
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7.
vt.
使错综复杂,使纠缠
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The situation was rather involved.
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事情相当复杂。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- involve
[ɪn'vɒlv]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to include or contain as a necessary part
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the task involves hard work
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2.
vt.
to have an effect on; spread to
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the investigation involved many innocent people
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3.
vt.
[often passive; usually foll by in or with]
to concern or associate significantly
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many people were involved in the crime
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4.
vt.
[often passive]
to make complicated; tangle
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the situation was further involved by her disappearance
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5.
vt.
[rare, often poetic]
to wrap or surround
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6.
vt.
[maths]
[obsolete]
to raise to a specified power
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7.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin involvere to roll in, surround, from in-2 + volvere to roll
Examples
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The meals we enjoy at the holidays tend to involve more dishes.
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假期时我们通常会吃得丰盛些。
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The disposal of physical assets sometimes might involve considerable expense and inconvenience.
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有时候处理有形资产会价格不菲而且不方便。
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The restructuring proposals also involve co-ordinating the high speed rail network.
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重建提议也涉及到统筹高速铁路网络。
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That could involve a flood of lawsuits against reluctant councils.
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那可能涉及对不情愿委员会的一系列诉讼。
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Unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit.
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与帮诉罪不同,非法干涉诉讼并不必然涉及个人利益。
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The agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held.
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双方一致认可的分界线在几个点上将涉及法国军队从他们曾经安全占据的几个地方撤军的问题。
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