该短语中,in 是介词,后面需接名词、代词或动名词(doing sth.),构成以下常见结构:
表示“让某人参与/卷入某件具体的事(活动、事件、麻烦等)”。
积极场景(参与活动):
The teacher involved all students in the group project.(老师让所有学生参与小组项目。)
We want to involve local communities in the environmental campaign.(我们想让当地社区参与环保活动。)
消极场景(卷入麻烦/争端):
Don’t involve me in your fight—I have nothing to do with it.(别把我卷入你的争吵——我和这事无关。)
He was involved in a car accident last week.(他上周卷入了一场车祸。)
表示“让某人参与做某事”,强调具体的动作。
She involved her kids in baking cookies for the party.(她让孩子们参与为派对烤饼干。)
The manager involved the team in brainstorming new ideas.(经理让团队参与头脑风暴新想法。)
当主语是“被卷入/参与的人”时,常用被动结构,含义不变(更强调“被动卷入”或“状态”)。
I don’t want to be involved in this mess.(我不想卷入这摊浑水。)
Many volunteers are involved in organizing the festival.(许多志愿者参与了节日的组织工作。)
积极义(参与):常搭配“活动、项目、讨论”等中性/积极名词(如 project, discussion, campaign);
消极义(卷入):常搭配“麻烦、争端、事故”等负面名词(如 trouble, argument, accident, scandal)。
involve sb. in:使某人“参与/卷入某事”(后接“事”);
involve sb. with:使某人“与某人/某事有牵连”(后接“人”或“抽象事物”,侧重“关联”)。
例:She was involved with a shady business deal.(她和一笔可疑的生意有牵连。)