| [/ɪnˈgeɪdʒ; ɪnˋɡedʒ/] v 用法:
1 [Tn, Cn.n/a] ~ sb (as sth) (fml 文) arrange to employ sb; hire sb 聘用某人; 雇用某人:
engage a new secretary 聘用一新秘书 *
He's been engaged to decorate the house. 他受雇装饰这所房子. *
She was engaged as an interpreter. 她应聘当译员. 用法:
2 [Tn] (fml 文) occupy or attract (sb's thoughts, time, etc) 占用（某人的时间）; 吸引（某人的注意力等）:
Nothing engages his attention for long. 什麽事都无法使他长时间精神集中. *
The woman's plight engaged our sympathy. 那女人的困难处境引起我们的同情. 用法:
3 [I, Tn] (fml 文) begin fighting with (sb) 与（某人）交战:
Our orders are to engage (the enemy) immediately. 我们的命令是立即（与敌军）开战. *
The two armies were fiercely engaged for several hours. 两军激战达数小时. 用法:
4 (a) [I, Ipr] ~ (with sth) (of parts of a machine, etc) lock or fit together （指机器零件等）啮合, 衔接:
The two cog-wheels engaged and the machine started. 那两个齿轮一啮合, 机器就启动了. *
One cog-wheel engages with another. 一齿轮与另一齿轮啮合.
(b) [Tn] cause (parts of a machine, etc) to lock together or fit into each other 使（机器零件等）啮合, 衔接:
engage the clutch/first gear, eg in a car, when driving 使离合器啮合[挂一挡]（如开车时）. 用法:
5 [Tt] (dated fml 旧, 文) bind oneself by a promise; guarantee 允诺; 答应; 保证:
a lawyer engaged to undertake the sale of the house immediately 受聘将房子立即出售的律师. 用法:
6 (phr v) engage (sb) in sth (cause sb to) take part in or be occupied in sth （使某人）参加某事或从事某事:
I have no time to engage in gossip. 我无暇闲聊. *
be engaged in politics, business 从政、 做生意 *
I engaged him in conversation. 我让他加入谈话. |