1、involve
需要;包含
Running a kitchen involves a great deal of discipline and speed.
料理好厨房需要把一切都安排得规规矩矩,且要讲求速度。
Nicky's job as a public relations director involves spending quite a lot of time with other people.
尼基作为公共关系主管,需要花很多时间与别人打交道。
牵涉;涉及
If there was a cover-up, it involved people at the very highest levels of government.
如果有人想要隐瞒实情,那其中就涉及政府部门最高层的人物。
a riot involving a hundred inmates.
有 100 名囚犯参与的暴动
使参与;使介入
Noel and I do everything together, he involves me in everything.
我和诺埃尔什么事情都一起做,他让我参与所有的事。
Before too long he started involving me in the more confidential aspects of the job.
不久,他便开始让我介入工作中更机密的方面。
2、practice
通常做法;常规;惯例
Some firms have cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany.
一些公司把工人薪水减至低于合同规定的水平,这种做法在德国是非法的。
Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.
戈登·布朗已要求对银行的惯例做法进行公开调查。
练习;训练
She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day...
她每天都带3个女儿进行篮球训练。
the hard practice necessary to develop from a learner to an accomplished musician.
从初学者成长为有造诣的音乐家所必需的艰苦训练