involve

含む、伴う

活動や状況の一部として何かを含んだり、必要としたりする。

やさしい英語で： To have something as a part of an activity or situation.

• The work involves travel.
• The repair involved replacing two parts.
• Does the course involve taking an exam?

使い方： involve doing something (The job involves visiting customers at home.)

類義語： include, entail

反対語： exclude

よく使う表現： involve travel, involve risk, involve hard work

参加させる、巻き込む

人を活動に参加させたり、ある状況に関わらせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone take part in an activity or become connected with a situation.

• Let’s involve everyone.
• The teacher involved parents in the project.
• Why did you involve the police?

使い方： involve someone in something (We involved the children in planning the party.); involve yourself in something (She involved herself in local politics.)

類義語： include, engage, bring in

反対語： exclude

よく使う表現： involve someone, involve the community, involve everyone

絡ませる、巻き込む

物を複雑に絡ませたり、人を深刻な問題に巻き込んだりする。

やさしい英語で： To mix things together in a complicated way, or draw someone into serious difficulties.

• His mistakes involved him in trouble.
• The failed venture involved several families in debt.
• The poet described roots involved in a tangled mass.

使い方： involve someone/something in something (His reckless spending involved the family in debt.)

類義語： entangle, embroil, intertwine

反対語： disentangle

よく使う表現： involve in debt, involve in misery, involve in trouble