contain

• vt. 包含；控制；容纳；牵制（敌军）
• vi. 含有；自制

con-, 强调。-tain, 持，握，词源同detain, tension.

1. include or contain; have as a component;

"A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"

"The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"

2. contain or hold; have within;

"The jar carries wine"

"The canteen holds fresh water"

"This can contains water"

3. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;

"moderate your alcohol intake"

"hold your tongue"

"hold your temper"

"control your anger"

4. be divisible by;

"24 contains 6"

5. be capable of holding or containing;

"This box won't take all the items"

"The flask holds one gallon"

6. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;

"Arrest the downward trend"

"Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"

"Contain the rebel movement"

"Turn back the tide of communism"

contain

contain: [13] Contain comes ultimately from Latin tenēre ‘hold’, source of a wide range of English words from abstain to tenor. In the case of contain the immediate ancestor, via Old French contenir, is Latin continēre ‘hold together, enclose, contain’, a compound formed with the prefix com- ‘together’. Contain still adheres fairly closely to the meaning of its Latin original, but other descendants, such as content, continent, continue, and countenance, have branched out a lot semantically.
=> abstain, content, continent, continue, countenance, retain, sustain, tenor

contain (v.)

late 13c., from Old French contein-, stem of contenir, from Latin continere (transitive) "to hold together, enclose," from com- "together" (see com-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Containable.

contain, include, embrace, involve, comprehend, hold, comprise

这些动词均含有"包括，包含"之意。

contain： 普通用词，所涉及的物体常常是其组成部分或内容。强调包容关系。既可指具体有形的东西，也可指抽象无形的东西。

include： 普通用词，指一整体包含着各独立的部分，也指某东西包含另一东西的某一部分。

embrace： 正式用词，指把某事物纳入整个之中。

involve： 把包含因整体的性质决定的成分或结果。所包括的往往是无形的，不可触知的东西，多用作引申。

comprehend： 正工用词，指包含在整体范围以内。

hold： 常和contain换用。指能够容纳或有足够的容纳量。强调包容能力。

comprise： 书面用词，暗指一个整体包括不同部分所组成，可与include交换使用。

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what ingredients the food contains.

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Living materials can stop light because they contain pigments that absorb specific colors of light.

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Surveys and test samples have also become important for understanding the larger landscapes that contain archaeological sites.

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A smart phone may contain an arrestee’s reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence.

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This drink doesn't contain any alcohol.

这种饮料不含任何酒精。

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Her statement contained one or two inaccuracies.

她的陈述有一两处不准确。

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a brown envelope containing dollar bills

装有钞票的棕色信封

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The bottle contains (= can hold) two litres.

此瓶容量为两升。

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She was unable to contain her excitement.

她无法抑制内心的激动。

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I was so furious I just couldn't contain myself (= I had to express my feelings) .

我气愤极了，简直无法克制自己。

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to contain an epidemic

防止流行病的蔓延

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Government forces have failed to contain the rebellion.

政府军未能遏止叛乱。

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The committee contains 11 Democrats and nine Republicans.

这个委员会包括11名民主党人和9名共和党人。

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More than a hundred firemen are still trying to contain the fire at the plant...

上百名消防队员仍在试图控制工厂的火势。

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The city authorities said the curfew had contained the violence.

市政府称宵禁遏制住了暴力事件。

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But he was bursting with curiosity, and one day he just couldn't contain himself. 'What are you going to do?' he asked...

但他满心好奇，一天，他真的忍不住了。“你打算做什么？”他问道。

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Evans could barely contain his delight: 'I'm so proud of her,' he said.

埃文斯喜不自禁：“我真为她骄傲。”他说。

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The two discs also contain two of Britten's lesser-known song-cycles.

这两张唱片还包含了布里顿两首不甚知名的声乐套曲。

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This sheet contained a list of problems a patient might like to raise with the doctor...

这张单子列出了病人可能会向医生提出的一系列问题。

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The bag contained a Christmas card...

这个包里装着一张圣诞卡。

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Factory shops contain a wide range of cheap furnishings...

工厂车间里陈设着种类繁多的廉价家具。

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Greek yogurt contains much less fat than double cream...

希腊酸奶比高脂浓奶油所含脂肪要少得多。

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Many cars run on petrol which contains lead.

很多车使用含铅汽油。

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It'says on the packet that these crisps contain no additives.

包装上说这些炸薯片不含添加剂.

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Our observations may contain a grain of truth for you to refer to.

我们的意见也许会有千虑一得之处,供你参考.

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There has been an overall growth in population, despite some draconian efforts to contain it.

尽管有严厉的遏制措施,人口还是在全面增长.

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