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Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): involvement, involve, involved, uninvolved
Xem thêm: mired, Byzantine, convoluted, knotty, tangled, tortuous, affect, regard, imply, necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, call for, demand
involved adj.
1 taking part in sth
VERBS be | become, get
ADV. closely, deeply, heavily, intimately, very She became heavily involved in politics. | actively He wanted to be actively involved in school life. | directly Drugs were not directly involved in her death. | personally
PREP. in He was involved in a road accident. | with She first became involved with the organization in 1998.
2 emotionally connected with sb
VERBS be | become, get
ADV. deeply, heavily, very | personally | emotionally, romantically, sexually
PREP. with I never wanted to get emotionally involved with him.
3 complicated
VERBS be, look, seem, sound | become, get
ADV. extremely, terribly, very It all sounds terribly involved and complicated. | rather
adj.
we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved
the problems involved
the involved muscles
I don't want to get involved
everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified
the difficulties in which the question is involved
brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion
the Byzantine tax structure
convoluted legal language
convoluted reasoning
the plot was too involved
a knotty problem
got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures
tortuous negotiations lasting for months
a castle involved in mist
the difficulties in which the question is involved
v.
This new ruling affects your business
Don't involve me in your family affairs!
This decision involves many changes
It takes nerve to do what she did
success usually requires hard work
This job asks a lot of patience and skill
This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses
The tower was involved in mist
His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon
The situation was rather involved