incorporate

Compared meaning: include or be made up of parts (verb).

比较义项：包含、由……构成（动词）。

• incorporate 本词

  Incorporate stresses actively adding something new into an existing whole, often as a deliberate change; it collocates with "into" and fits plans, designs, or systems, not simple physical containers.

  incorporate强调主动把新内容纳入已有的整体，通常表示有意的改变；常与「into」搭配使用，适用于计划、设计或制度，而不是简单的实体容器。

  The company plans to incorporate new safety rules soon.

  这家公司计划很快将新的安全规定纳入其中。

• contain

  Contain is the plainest and most common of the three; it simply states what is inside something, whether a box, a document, or a mixture, with no sense of an active process.

  contain是三者中最平常、最常用的词，只是客观说明某物内部有什么，无论是箱子、文件还是混合物，并不带有主动进行某个过程的意味。

  This box can contain up to twenty small books.

  这个箱子最多能容纳二十本小书。

• comprise

  Comprise is formal and always has the whole as its subject followed directly by the parts, describing composition; unlike incorporate, it does not suggest adding something new.

  comprise语气正式，主语总是整体，后面直接接组成部分，用来描述构成关系；与incorporate不同，它并不表示新增某物，常见于正式的描述性语句中。

  The committee will comprise five members from different departments.

  该委员会将由来自不同部门的五名成员组成。

Incorporate, contain, and comprise all mean to include or be made up of parts. Incorporate stresses adding something new into a whole. Contain is the plain, common word for what is inside. Comprise is formal: the whole is the subject, followed by its parts.

这三个词在该意义上都表示包含或由……构成，但侧重和正式程度不同：incorporate强调把新内容主动纳入整体，语气正式；contain只是客观说明里面有什么，是三者中最常用、语气最中性的词；comprise的主语是整体、后面直接接组成部分，多用于正式或书面场合，如描述委员会或系统的构成。这里不比较incorporate表示「注册成立（公司）」的意思，也不比较contain表示「克制（情绪）」的意思。