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

動詞 contain:

1. include or contain; have as a component
   同義詞：incorporate, comprise
2. contain or hold; have within
   同義詞：hold, bear, carry
3. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
   同義詞：control, hold in, hold, check, curb, moderate
4. be divisible by
5. be capable of holding or containing
   同義詞：take, hold
6. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
   同義詞：check, turn back, arrest, stop, hold back

1. Try to contain your anger!
   設法抑制你的怒火！
2. This book contains all the information you need.
   這本書包含你所需的一切資料。
3. The atlas contains forty maps.
   這個地圖集有四十幅地圖。

con.tain

v.tr.（及物動詞）
con.tained,con.tain.ing,con.tains

To have within; hold.
包含；容納
To be capable of holding.
能夠容納
To have as component parts; include or comprise:
以…為組成部分；包括或由…構成：
例句：
The album contains many memorable songs.
這張唱片中包括許多值得收集的歌曲

To hold or keep within limits; restrain:
抑制，限制：有限制地控制或持有；抑制：
例句：
I could hardly contain my curiosity.
我簡直無法克制我的好奇心

To halt the spread or development of; check:
遏制：中止…的傳播或發(fā)展；遏制：
例句：
Science sought an effective method of containing the disease.
用科學方法探索出遏制這種疾病的有效手段

To check the expansion or influence of (a hostile power or ideology) by containment.
牽制：通過遏制手段阻止（敵對勢力或意識形態(tài)）的擴張或影響
Mathematics To be exactly divisible by.
【數(shù)學】 可被…除盡

來源：
Middle English conteinen
中古英語 conteinen
from Old French contenir
源自 古法語 contenir
from Latin continôre
源自 拉丁語 continôre
com- [com-]
com- [前綴，表.共.]
tenôre [to hold] * see ten-
tenôre [容納] *參見 ten-

【引伸】
contain.able
adj.（形容詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>contain,hold,accommodateThese verbs mean to have within or have the capacity for having within.
這些動詞指包含或有能力包含。
Contain means to have within or have as a part or constituent:
Contain 表示包含或擁有（某物）以作為一部分或一組分：
例句：
This drawer contains all the cutlery we own.
這個抽屜里盛放著我們所有的刀叉餐具。

例句：
The book contains some amusing passages.
這本書里有一些有趣的章節(jié)。

例句：
Polluted water contains contaminants.
被污染的水中含有放射性污染。

Hold can be used in that sense but primarily stresses capacity for containing:
Hold 可用作這個意思但基本上側重于包含的能力：
例句：
The pitcher holds two pints but contains only one.
這個罐子可裝兩品脫，但現(xiàn)在只裝了一品脫。

Accommodate refers to capacity for holding comfortably:
Accommodate 指寬松地容納能力：
例句：
The restaurant accommodates 50 customers.
這家餐館有五十個餐位。

例句：
Four hundred inmates were crowded into a prison intended to accommodate 200.
原本容納二百人的監(jiān)獄被塞進了四百個犯人