伙伴们，先看一则关于新型冠状病毒（novel coronavirus）报道：
Chinese officials have extended the New Year holiday in the country to keep people at home in an effort to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
为了控制致命冠状病毒的蔓延，中国官方延长了春节假期，以便让人们都能留在家中。
本句中contain的意思是to prevent sth harmful from spreading or getting worse防止…蔓延（或恶化）。在表达“控制疫情”时多,用contain the epidemic。
再如：
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。
Government forces have failed to contain the rebellion.
政府军未能遏止叛乱。
contain的其他用法如下：
v. 不用于进行时; n. ~ment
01 包含；含有；容纳If sth contains sth else, it has that thing inside it or as part of it
This drink doesn’t contain any alcohol.
这种饮料不含任何酒精。
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
Her statement contained one or two inaccuracies.
她的陈述有一两处不准确。
a brown envelope containing dollar bills
装有钞票的棕色信封
The bottle contains (= can hold) two litres.
此瓶容量为两升。
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。
02 控制，克制，抑制（感情）to keep your feelings under control
She was unable to contain her excitement.
她无法抑制内心的激动。
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。
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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主要区别如下：
include的主语和宾语属于同一范畴，用于表示后面的东西是前面的一部分，即整体与部分的关系；
而contain 的主语相当于一个“容器”，contain的宾语就是这个“容器”里所含有的东西。
include用法如下：
include v. 包括、包含；算在内，列在里面
My family includes my father，my mother，my brother and me.
我家包括我爸爸,我妈妈,我哥哥和我。
The tour included a visit to the science museum.
这次游览包括参观科学博物馆。
The price includes breakfast.
价格中包括了早餐的费用。
