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

bring in,reckon,as part of the whole

一般作包括、包含讲,如:

The package cost is included in the total price of equipments.包装费用包括在设备总价格之内.

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

一般可理解为使.卷入,使.陷于某种状态或麻烦之中;还可以理解为涉及或包含某种必然结果

例如:

They are deeply involved in debts.

他们债台高筑.

More than 30 software firms were involved in the project.

30多家软件公司参与了这个项目.

The war involved a great increase in the national debt.

战争使得国债大为增加.

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