involve

1. V-T If a situation or activity involves something, that thing is a necessary part or consequence of it. 需要

Running a kitchen involves lots of discipline and speed. 管理廚房需要講究紀律和速度。

2. V-T If a situation or activity involves someone, they are taking part in it. 涉及

If there was a cover-up, it involved people at the very highest levels of government. 如果有掩蓋真相的行為，它就牽扯到了處于政府最高層的那些人。

3. V-T If you say that someone involves themselves in something, you mean that they take part in it, often in a way that is unnecessary or unwanted. 使卷入

I seem to have involved myself in something I don't understand. 我似乎已經(jīng)將自己卷入了我不了解的事情當(dāng)中。

4. V-T If you involve someone in something, you get them to take part in it. 使參與

Nasser and I do everything together, he involves me in everything. 納薩和我做什么事都在一起，他讓我參與所有的事情。

5. V-T If one thing involves you in another thing, especially something unpleasant or inconvenient, the first thing causes you to do or deal with the second. 使陷入

I don't want to do anything that will involve me in a long-term commitment. 我不想做任何會使自己做出長期承諾的事情。