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、pretend
假装;伪装;装作
I pretend that things are really okay when they're not.
当情况不好的时候我假装一切顺利。
Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep.
有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。
(做游戏等时)假装,假扮,装扮
She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Spain.
她可以晒晒太阳,假装自己是在西班牙。
The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music.
孩子们扮成不同的动物,随着音乐起舞。
自诩;自称;自以为
We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us.
我们并不自夸在过去的6年中没有遇到任何问题。
Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.
在这一次讲座中,我不敢自诩能对梦境作透彻的分析。