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what is the difference between "include" and "involve"?

include

bring in, reckon, as part of the whole

壹般作包括、包含講,如:

The package cost is included in the total price of equipments.包裝費用包括在設備總價格之內。

involve

involve (in)

cause (sb. or sth.) to be caught or mixed up (in trouble, etc); get sb. or sth. into a complicated difficult condition;

have as a necessary consequence

壹般可理解為使......卷入,使......陷於某種狀態或麻煩之中;還可以理解為涉及或包含某種必然結果

例如:

They are deeply involved in debts.

他們債臺高築。

More than 30 software firms were involved in the project.

30多家軟件公司參與了這個項目。

The war involved a great increase in the national debt.

戰爭使得國債大為增加。

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