be involved in 是否可以用于非生命对象

There was a lot of work involved in setting up the festival.

我想请问这里的 involved in 是否是 involve sb in sth 的用法，根据柯林斯字典，这种搭配中好像都是人被 involved，而上面的例句中主语是 work，能否像人一样被 involved 呢？

如果可以，那么句子应该是：

There was a lot of work involved in / setting up the festival.

但我觉得还有另一种划分：

There was a lot of work involved / in setting up the festival.

请问哪个是正确的呢？我问过别人，只告诉我 be involved in 是固定搭配，但仔细看了字典后，我又对这种搭配所适用的主体有所疑惑。

感谢各位能够分享交流下自己的想法！

你再查一下柯林斯词典，看看第3条，解释如下：

3.ADJ 形容词包含的；涉及的 The things involved in something such as a job or system are the necessary parts or consequences of it.

也就是说，这样用的 involved 为形容词，意思是“包含的；涉及的”。如：

We believe the time and hard work involved in completing such an assignment are worthwhile. 我们认为完成这项任务所必须付出的时间与辛苦都是值得的。

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