contains

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it. 有…在里面[no cont]
The envelope contained a Christmas card. 該信封里裝有一張圣誕賀卡。
The first two floors of the building contain retail space and a restaurant. 該大樓最底下兩層有零售空間和一家餐館。
2. V-T If a substance contains something, that thing is a part of it. 含有[no cont]
Watermelon contains vitamins and also potassium. 西瓜含有維生素也有鉀。
3. V-T If writing, speech, or film contains particular information, ideas, or images, it includes them. (文章、演講、電影) 包含 (某些信息、觀點(diǎn)、圖像等)[no cont]
This sheet contained a list of problems a patient might like to raise with the doctor. 這張紙寫有一個(gè)病人可能想向醫(yī)生提出的問題清單。
4. V-T If a group or organization contains a certain number of people, those are the people that are in it. (團(tuán)體、組織等) 包括 (某數(shù)量的成員)[no cont]
The committee contains 11 Democrats and nine Republicans. 該委員會包括11名民主黨人和9名共和黨人。
5. V-T If you contain something, you control it and prevent it from spreading or increasing. 控制; 阻止
More than a hundred firemen are still trying to contain the fire at the plant. 一百多名消防隊(duì)員仍在努力控制工廠火勢。
6. →see also self-contained