Uh,sorry,I meant to meet you at the gate.很抱歉,我本打算在登机门叫住您的
mean to:打算
Oh, I know what I meant to tell you.
噢,我记起要告诉你的事了。
I meant to see you, but I was too busy yesterday.
昨天我本打算去看你,但我太忙了而没去。
But there seems to have been a mix-up involving the,uh... cargo you checked in sydney.但是您在悉尼托运的... 货物好像出了点问题
seem to:似乎 ...
All my troubles seem to come together.
我的各种问题似乎同时出现了
The days seem to flash by.
光阴似箭。
involve:包含,牵涉, 使卷入, 使陷入
Don't involve yourself in unnecessary expense.
勿做不必要的花费。
Don't involve me in solving your problems!
你解决你的问题,不要把我拉进去!
contain, include involve这些动词均含有“包括,包含”之意。
contain普通用词,所涉及的物体常常是其组成部分或内容。强调包容关系。既可指具体有形的东西,也可指
抽象无形的东西。
include普通用词,指一整体包含着各独立的部分,也指某东西包含另一东西的某一部分。