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单词 involve
释义 in·volve
\ə̇nˈv]älv, ]ȯlv also ]ä(u̇)v or ]ȯv\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English involven, from Latin involvere to wrap, envelop, from in- in- (II) + volvere to roll — more at voluble
1. archaic : to enfold or envelop so as to encumber
 < the number of difficulties in which this question is involved — Benjamin Jowett >
2.
 a. : to draw in as a participant : engage, employ
  < size of operations and … numbers of workmen involved — G.M.Trevelyan >
  < an organization … heavily involved in the nation's defense program — R.J.Cordiner >
  < kings were constantly involved in Continental affairs — G.G.Coulton >
  < he got involved in a lawsuit >
 b. : to oblige to become associated (as in an unpleasant situation) : embroil, entangle, implicate
  < led the English … to involve India in the war — D.W.Brogan >
  < the controversies … moved on in all their ugliness to involve others — John Mason Brown >
 c. : to occupy (oneself) absorbingly; especially : to commit (oneself) emotionally — usually used with in or with
  < we simply don't see enough of her characters … to feel personally involved in what they say or feel or do — Dan Wickenden >
  < she … never had the slightest intention of involving herself with him — Aurelia Levi >
3.
 a. archaic : to enclose in a covering : wrap
  < the embryo is still farther involved, in two membranes — Oliver Goldsmith >
 b. : to surround as if with a wrapping : envelop, shroud
  < rights and privileges at the root … are discovered to be involved in doubt — B.N.Cardozo >
  < involved in a howling dancing crowd — Arthur Morrison >
4. : to complicate or make intricate in thought or form
5.
 a. archaic : to wind, coil, or wreathe about : entwine
  < around me they involved a giddy dance — P.B.Shelley >
 b. : to relate closely : connect, link
  < the problem is closely involved with the management of pastures — Allan Fraser >
6.
 a. : to have within or as part of itself : contain, include
  < tragic opera … must involve convincing treatment of an elemental conflict — Opera News >
  < two late-arriving costumes … involve magnificent brocaded coats covering deceptively casual sheaths — Lois Long >
  < a community program involving recreational, cultural, and economic … features — American Guide Series: North Carolina >
  < this course involves a discussion of the trial rules of evidence — Loyola University Bulletin >
 b. : to require as a necessary accompaniment : entail, imply
  < building their own roads … involved the construction of over 200 bridges — Joseph Millard >
  < diseases … which involve long hospitalization — Cecile Starr >
  < changing those attitudes involved a job of mass education — Stanley Frank >
  < a mission which involves much danger — T.B.Costain >
  < fusion involves disparate materials … arranged so as to work together — College English >
  < insensitiveness involves a meagerness of imagination in human relations — Albert Dasnoy >
 c. : to have an effect on : concern directly : affect
  < biological processes … like breathing and digesting, involve the whole organism — H.J.Muller >
  < lacerations that involve muscles or cause severe hemorrhage — H.G.Armstrong >
  < the problem … involves their future — Harrison Smith >
  < work stoppages … involved more than 100 thousand workers — Collier's Year Book >
  < is never really three-dimensional, hence his conflicts do not involve the reader — Frances Keene >
7. : fill
 < a fire building so involved with heat, smoke and flame that immediate access to the interior is not possible — W.Y.Kimball >
 < drawings … involved with color become either water colors or pastels — Carlyle Burrows >
8. : to engross or occupy fully : absorb
 < involved in these imaginings she knew nothing of time — Thomas Hardy >
Synonyms: see include
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