involved

Word family noun involvement adjective involved ≠ uninvolved verb involve

in·volved /ɪnˈvɒlvd $ ɪnˈvɑːlvd/ S2 W3 adjectiveadj

1 be/get involved TAKE PART/BE INVOLVEDto take part in an activity or event, or be connected with it in some way 参与；卷入；与…有关联

be/get involved in

More than 30 software firms were involved in the project.

三十多家软件公司参与了这项工程。

I don’t want to get involved in some lengthy argument about who is to blame.

我不想卷入谁该承担责任的冗长争论。

I’m afraid your son’s been involved in an accident (=he is one of the people in an accident).

恐怕事故牵涉到了你的儿子。

be/get involved with

Landel has been involved with the Hercules project for years.

朗代尔参加海格立斯计划已有好几年了。

actively/deeply/heavily involved (=involved very much) 积极参与的

Mrs. Cummings has been actively involved with the church for years.

卡明斯太太积极参与教会事务有好几年了。

n GRAMMAR: Prepositions with involved

Someone is involved in something:

He is involved in the family business.

Don’t get involved in their problems.

✗Don’t say: involved into something

Someone is involved with a project, person, or group:

She got involved with the youth club.

Examples from the Corpus

actively/deeply/heavily involved• He was heavily involved in charities before; now the load is greater.• The better the school, the more deeply involved in extra-curricular activities are both pupils and staff.• He is president of three technical societies and is deeply involved in inner-city problems.• This kind of treatment is always dynamic, never passive, and the patient is totally actively involved in it.• Instead of standing idly by or opposing change, the union should become actively involved in making change happen.• About 200 academic members of staff work within the Faculty and are actively involved in teaching and research.• The multinationals that stand to benefit were deeply involved in the negotiations to establish Gats.• The president became deeply involved not only in squeezing donors but also in making the ads their money paid for.

2 work/effort etc involved in doing something INCLUDEthe amount of work, effort etc that is needed in order to make something succeed 为成就某事必须做的工作/付出的努力等

Most people don’t realize the amount of effort involved in writing a novel.

大多数人都不明白写一本小说要花多少心血。

Examples from the Corpus

work/effort etc involved in doing something• A further disadvantage is the work involved in returning the manure to the field.• It is also often used to pay for the preliminary work involved in making applications for civil and criminal legal aid.• She would like to know their reaction to the work involved in taking the course. 14.• The chief drawback to small-scale silage-making is the extra physical work involved in handling the green crop with its high water content.• The effort involved in constructing such circles was enormous.• The work involved in writing this summation must have been back-breaking, and certainly took years of research.• We have to do the more general piece of work involved in clearing one more bias from our morality.

3 be involved with somebody

a) SYSEX/HAVE SEX WITHto be having a romantic relationship with someone, especially a sexual one 和某人恋爱〔尤指有性关系〕

The senator denied that he was romantically involved with a member of his staff.

参议员否认和他的某位员工有染。

b) to spend time with someone that you have a relationship with 与〔有亲属关系的人〕一起

Fathers are encouraged to be more involved with their families.

做父亲的受到鼓励要多和家人在一起。

Examples from the Corpus

romantically involved• A boss who is romantically involved with a subordinate can exhibit favoritism through raises, promotions, assignments and the like.• At the same time, she becomes romantically involved with the hero.• While an undergraduate he became romantically involved with various members of the Bloomsbury group.

4 COMPLICATEDhaving so many different parts that it is difficult to understand 复杂难懂的 SYN complicated

The plot was so involved that very few people knew what was going on.

情节太复杂，几乎没人知道是怎么回事。

► see thesaurus at complicated

Examples from the Corpus

involved• Following the riots, the university promised to discipline all those involved.• In court she gave evidence about her torture, naming the officers involved.• The system for choosing candidates is very involved, and I won't go into it here.• All his adult life, Dignam had been one of the most involved defenders of the rights of actors.• Most of the people involved have by now either died or moved away.• Both Marr and Morrissey were instantly involved in fairly advanced post-Morrissey/Marr/Smiths activities.• Selective adhesion mechanisms are known to be involved in nerve-muscle recognition and control of synaptic development in several vertebrate systems.• Second, what are the cognitive and affective processes involved in stereotype change?• As we have discussed, the survivors need to feel involved in their loved one's dying process as much as possible.• Adopting a child can be a long involved process.• No, Barry had never meant to get involved with Christine.

词汇	involved
释义	involved Word family noun involvement adjective involved ≠ uninvolved verb involve in·volved /ɪnˈvɒlvd $ ɪnˈvɑːlvd/ ●●● S2 W3 adjectiveadj 1 be/get involved TAKE PART/BE INVOLVEDto take part in an activity or event, or be connected with it in some way 参与；卷入；与…有关联 be/get involved in More than 30 software firms were involved in the project. 三十多家软件公司参与了这项工程。 I don’t want to get involved in some lengthy argument about who is to blame. 我不想卷入谁该承担责任的冗长争论。 I’m afraid your son’s been involved in an accident (=he is one of the people in an accident). 恐怕事故牵涉到了你的儿子。 be/get involved with Landel has been involved with the Hercules project for years. 朗代尔参加海格立斯计划已有好几年了。 actively/deeply/heavily involved (=involved very much) 积极参与的 Mrs. Cummings has been actively involved with the church for years. 卡明斯太太积极参与教会事务有好几年了。 n GRAMMAR: Prepositions with involved Someone is involved in something: He is involved in the family business. Don’t get involved in their problems. ✗Don’t say: involved into something Someone is involved with a project, person, or group: She got involved with the youth club. Examples from the Corpus actively/deeply/heavily involved• He was heavily involved in charities before; now the load is greater.• The better the school, the more deeply involved in extra-curricular activities are both pupils and staff.• He is president of three technical societies and is deeply involved in inner-city problems.• This kind of treatment is always dynamic, never passive, and the patient is totally actively involved in it.• Instead of standing idly by or opposing change, the union should become actively involved in making change happen.• About 200 academic members of staff work within the Faculty and are actively involved in teaching and research.• The multinationals that stand to benefit were deeply involved in the negotiations to establish Gats.• The president became deeply involved not only in squeezing donors but also in making the ads their money paid for. 2 work/effort etc involved in doing something INCLUDEthe amount of work, effort etc that is needed in order to make something succeed 为成就某事必须做的工作/付出的努力等 Most people don’t realize the amount of effort involved in writing a novel. 大多数人都不明白写一本小说要花多少心血。 Examples from the Corpus work/effort etc involved in doing something• A further disadvantage is the work involved in returning the manure to the field.• It is also often used to pay for the preliminary work involved in making applications for civil and criminal legal aid.• She would like to know their reaction to the work involved in taking the course. 14.• The chief drawback to small-scale silage-making is the extra physical work involved in handling the green crop with its high water content.• The effort involved in constructing such circles was enormous.• The work involved in writing this summation must have been back-breaking, and certainly took years of research.• We have to do the more general piece of work involved in clearing one more bias from our morality. 3 be involved with somebody a) SYSEX/HAVE SEX WITHto be having a romantic relationship with someone, especially a sexual one 和某人恋爱〔尤指有性关系〕 The senator denied that he was romantically involved with a member of his staff. 参议员否认和他的某位员工有染。 b) to spend time with someone that you have a relationship with 与〔有亲属关系的人〕一起 Fathers are encouraged to be more involved with their families. 做父亲的受到鼓励要多和家人在一起。 Examples from the Corpus romantically involved• A boss who is romantically involved with a subordinate can exhibit favoritism through raises, promotions, assignments and the like.• At the same time, she becomes romantically involved with the hero.• While an undergraduate he became romantically involved with various members of the Bloomsbury group. 4 COMPLICATEDhaving so many different parts that it is difficult to understand 复杂难懂的 SYN complicated The plot was so involved that very few people knew what was going on. 情节太复杂，几乎没人知道是怎么回事。 ► see thesaurus at complicated Examples from the Corpus involved• Following the riots, the university promised to discipline all those involved.• In court she gave evidence about her torture, naming the officers involved.• The system for choosing candidates is very involved, and I won't go into it here.• All his adult life, Dignam had been one of the most involved defenders of the rights of actors.• Most of the people involved have by now either died or moved away.• Both Marr and Morrissey were instantly involved in fairly advanced post-Morrissey/Marr/Smiths activities.• Selective adhesion mechanisms are known to be involved in nerve-muscle recognition and control of synaptic development in several vertebrate systems.• Second, what are the cognitive and affective processes involved in stereotype change?• As we have discussed, the survivors need to feel involved in their loved one's dying process as much as possible.• Adopting a child can be a long involved process.• No, Barry had never meant to get involved with Christine.
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