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To incorporate something is to take it in so that it becomes part of a larger group, system, plan, or whole. You do not leave it sitting beside the rest; you build it in.
To incorporate somethingincorporate 一個東西 is是 to take it in so that it becomes part of a larger group, system, plan, or whole把它納進來，讓它成為一個更大的團體、系統、計畫或整體的一部分。 You你 do not leave it sitting beside the rest不會讓它只是放在旁邊；you你 build it in而是把它建進去。
A teacher incorporates games into a lesson. A city incorporates a smaller town. A plan incorporates new ideas.
A teacher一位老師 incorporates games into a lesson把遊戲納入一堂課裡。 A city一座城市 incorporates a smaller town把一個較小的城鎮納入其中。 A plan一個計畫 incorporates new ideas納入了新的想法。
The verb is a little formal; in everyday talk people often say “include” or “build in.” Though actually, English also uses this verb in business: to incorporate a company is to turn it into a corporation, a legal “body” that can own things and be sued. Same picture underneath — making one body — but the classroom meaning is “include as a working part,” and the company meaning is a special legal use.
The verb這個動詞 is a little formal有點正式；in everyday talk日常對話裡 people often say 'include' or 'build in'人們常常說「include」或「build in」。 Though actually不過其實，English英文 also uses this verb in business也會在商業上用這個動詞：to incorporate a companyincorporate 一間公司 is是 to turn it into a corporation把它變成一個 corporation（法人公司），a legal 'body' that can own things and be sued一個可以擁有財產、也可以被告的法律「主體」。 Same picture underneath底層是同一個畫面 — making one body把東西合成一體 — but但 the classroom meaning is 'include as a working part'課堂上的意思是「納入成為運作的一部分」，and而 the company meaning is a special legal use公司的意思是一種特殊的法律用法。
組成From Late Latin incorporō, “to embody,” from in- (“in”) + corpus, corporis (“body”). To incorporate is, at root, to put something into a body, or to make one body.
同家族的字
- corporationa company treated in law as one “body,” from the same Latin corpus
- corporateof a company; same corpor- “body” piece
- incorporationthe noun for the act of incorporating
- incorporatedthe -ed form; also the US company label Incorporated / Inc.
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
incorporateverb詞源 1/ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/
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To include (something) as a part.
- The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.
- to incorporate another's ideas into one's work
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To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend
- Incorporate air into the mixture by whisking.
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To admit as a member of a company
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To form into a legal company.
- The company was incorporated in 1980.
- In last week's primary election, more than 90% of voters approved incorporating the community of Mountain House in San Joaquin County, creating the first new city in California in over a decade. […] Now, amid another building boom, Mountain House is set to become a city, the first new California city since Jurupa Valley became incorporated in Riverside County in 2011.
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lawTo include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).
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To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.
- By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, / Till holy church incorporate two in one.
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To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.
- do not deny , that there was such an Opinion among the Heathens , that Spirits might possess Images , and be incorporated with them
incorporateadj詞源 1/ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/
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obsoleteCorporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.
- As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds / Had been incorporate.
- a fifteenth part of silver incorporate with gold
incorporateadj詞源 2/ɪŋˈkɔɹpɚət/
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Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
- Moses forbore to speak of angels, and of things invisible, and incorporate.
- The air vibrated at a white-hot temperature, the stones seemed to be trembling silently, ready to flow, and in the distance, at a curve of the road, the files of men, guns and horses seemed detached from the earth, and trembled like a mass of jelly in their onward progress, and it seemed to me that they were not living people that I saw before me, but an army of incorporate shadows.
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Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.
- an incorporate banking association
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。