该短语后接名词、代词或动名词(-ing形式),可用于褒义、中性或贬义语境,具体取决于搭配的对象:
表示主动或被动地加入某件有意义的事,强调“投入其中”。
例1:She decided to get involved in the local environmental campaign.(她决定参与当地的环保运动。)
例2:Many students get involved in club activities to make friends.(很多学生参与社团活动交朋友。)
例3:Would you like to get involved in organizing the school party?(你想参与组织学校派对吗?)
表示不小心或被迫陷入不愉快的情况。
例1:He tried to avoid getting involved in their family feud.(他尽量避免卷入他们的家庭纠纷。)
例2:Don’t get involved in that scandal—you’ll regret it.(别卷入那场丑闻,你会后悔的。)
例3:She got involved in a car accident on her way to work.(她上班路上卷入了一场车祸。)
有时可表示“深度投入”,强调对某事的关注或投入程度。
Once he gets involved in a project, he works day and night.(一旦他深入参与某个项目,就会没日没夜地工作。)
get involved in:动作/过程(从“不参与”到“参与”);
be involved in:状态(已经处于“参与”的状态)。
对比:She got involved in the project last month. Now she is deeply involved in it.(她上个月参与了这个项目。现在她已经深度投入其中。)
接活动/项目:get involved in volunteer work / sports / research(参与志愿工作/运动/研究);
接社交/关系:get involved in a new friendship / community(融入新的友谊/社区);
接负面事件:get involved in trouble / a fight / a lawsuit(卷入麻烦/争斗/诉讼)。
总之,get involved in 是表达“参与/卷入”的常用短语,关键看搭配的对象和语境,灵活使用即可。