1、connect
(使)连接
You can connect the machine to your hi-fi.
你可以把机器连在高保真音响上。
The traditional method is to enter the exchanges at night and connect the wires.
传统的办法是晚上进入电话局,把线连上。
使连接,使接通(电源、水源等)
These appliances should not be connected to power supplies.
这些家用电器不应该接通电源。
Ischia was now connected to the mainland water supply.
伊斯基亚这时已经通上了大陆的水。
(火车或飞机等)联运,衔接
a train connecting with a ferry to Ireland.
与开往爱尔兰的渡船联运的火车
My connecting plane didn't depart for another six hours.
我搭乘的联运航班又过了6个小时才起飞。
2、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