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- engage [ɪn 'geʤ] [ɪn 'geɪʤ]
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1.
vt.
[现只用于被动语态]约束，约定；保证；尤指使受婚约的约束，同…订婚（to）
- He is engaged to Ann.
- 他已与安订婚。
- 2. vt. 租；雇用，聘
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3.
vt.
吸收（注意等）
- 4. vt. 从事（某种事业等）（in）；使忙于；占去（时间）
- 5. vt. 使卷入；使参与，使参加
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6.
vt.
与（敌人）交战
- 7. vt. 预定（房间、铺位等），订（座）
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8.
vt.
[antiquated]
使入圈套；牵连，连累
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9.
vt.
[mechanics]
（机件）与…啮合
- engage the gears
- 使齿轮啮合
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10.
vt.
原义：对（债务等）给以担保
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11.
vi.
保证，担保；答应，允诺
- to engage to do something
- 答应做某事
- 12. vi. 从事于，忙于，参加，卷入（in）
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13.
vi.
与…交战（with）
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14.
vi.
[mechanics]
接合，啮合
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1.
vt.
[现只用于被动语态]约束，约定；保证；尤指使受婚约的约束，同…订婚（to）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- engage [ɪn'geɪʤ]
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to secure the services of; employ
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2.
vb
to secure for use; reserve
- engage a room
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3.
vb
to involve (a person or his attention) intensely; engross; occupy
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4.
vb
to attract (the affection) of (a person)
- her innocence engaged him
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5.
vb
to draw (somebody) into conversation
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6.
vi.
[intr]
to take part; participate
- he engages in many sports
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7.
vi.
to promise (to do something)
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8.
vi.
[also intr]
[military]
to begin an action with (an enemy)
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9.
vi.
to bring (a mechanism) into operation
- he engaged the clutch
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10.
vi.
[also intr]
to undergo or cause to undergo interlocking, as of the components of a driving mechanism, such as a gear train
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11.
vi.
[machinery]
to locate (a locking device) in its operative position or to advance (a tool) into a workpiece to commence cutting
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12.
vi.
[Etymology]
C15: from Old French engagier, from
en- 1 + gage a pledge, seegage 1 -
13.
adj
(of a writer or artist, esp a man) morally or politically committed to some ideology
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to secure the services of; employ
Examples
- to engage a lawyer
- 聘请律师 → engage
- to engage a hotel room
- 预定旅馆房间 → engage
- engage him in conversation
- 使他参加谈话 → engage
- engage the gears
- 使齿轮啮合 → engage
- to engage to do something
- 答应做某事 → engage
- to engage in dramatics
- 从事演剧活动 → engage
- Once my parents engage you in conversation, you're stuck with them for hours.
- 一旦跟我父母谈起话来，就得耗上好几个小时。
- They even feel free to engage in a constructive dialogue around sensitive subjects.
- 他们甚至可以随便围绕敏感话题展开建设性的对话。
- to engage in
- [+commerce, research etc] 从事于 → engage
- to engage sb in conversation
- 使某人参加谈话 → engage
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