involve的经典引文

1. 需要
2. 包含，包围，包括，包缠
3. 使忙于，使从事于，使专注
4. 意味着，表明
5. 卷缠，使卷入（漩涡），使陷入
6. 拖累，连累，牵连
7. 笼罩
8. 涉及，引起，牵涉
9. 含有…的意义
10. 使某事物成为必要条件或结果
11. 使参与
12. 与…有关联，影响
13. 使忙于，使从事于，使专注

1. vt. 使参与,牵涉 cause to be caught or mixed up in trouble, etc.; relate closely
2. vt. 使埋头,使专注 cause to immerse oneself in

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;

   "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 postulate a patient's consent"
   

5. contain as a part;

   "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"
   

6. occupy or engage the interest of;

   "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
   

7. make complex or intricate or complicated;

   "The situation was rather involved"
   

• involve one's future关系到某人的未来
• involve one's living abroad涉及国外生活
• involve the mountaintop笼罩着山顶
• involve much expense涉及大笔开支

• involve closely紧紧地卷缠
• involve deeply深深陷入
• involve emotionally在感情上介入
• involve heavily专心
• involve hopelessly陷入无望地境地
• involve inevitably不可避免地拖累
• involve perpetually永远地陷入
• involve shockingly令人震惊地涉及
• involve successively连续涉及
• involve usually通常包括

• involve in使参与,使卷入,使陷入
• involve in the conflict卷入这场纠纷
• involve in trouble使某人陷入麻烦
• involve into使…陷入
• involve with牵连,涉及,与…有关

Quality Control-(品管)

A：We're having some quality-control problems, Jim. We need to go to the source to work them out.
吉姆，我们有一些品管的问题。我们必须找出问题根源并设法解决。

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B：What problems are you having, exactly?
你们究竟有什么问题？

A：The complaint rate for our new product line is very high, almost seven percent.
我们新产品的抱怨率非常高，几乎高达百分之七。

B：That's high.
的确很高。

A：Yes. We keep finding problems when testing the boards.
没错。我们测试声卡时一直发现问题。

B：But your promotional materials claim the boards are the least expensive of their type on the market.
可是你们的促销材料要求这种声卡必须是市场上同类型产品中最便宜的。

A：The least expensive, but still fully functional. And we think that your factory needs to take measures to improve quality control.
是要最便宜，但仍要有完备的功能。我们认为你们工厂需要采取措施来改善品管。

B：That willinvolve additional expenses for us, which we'll have to pass on to you as a rate hike.
那意味我们会有额外的开销，而我们会把价格增加部分转嫁到你们身上。

A：I'm afraid that's unacceptable. Your contract says that you will deliver a product with a reject rate of less than five percent.
恐怕我们无法接受。你们的合约上说你们会以低于百分之五的瑕疵率交货。

B：Well, I'll tell you what, Mike. I'll review the contract and talk with management. Then we'll get together and hash this out.
嗯，莱斯特我跟你说，我会再看一遍合约，并和管理部门讨论。然后我们会一起讨论解决这个问题。

• ☆ 1382年进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的involvere：in (里） + volvere (滚，卷），意为滚进，引申为纠缠，信封。