en.gage
v.(动词)
en.gaged,en.gag.ing,en.gag.es
v.tr.(及物动词)
To obtain or contract for the services of; employ:
约定服务,雇佣:取得某项服务或签了合同;雇佣:
例句:
engage a carpenter.
雇个木匠
To arrange for the use of; reserve:
预订:为使用作安排;保留:
例句:
engage a roomSee Synonyms at book
预订房间参见 book
To pledge or promise, especially to marry.
订婚:提出或允诺,尤其指结婚
To attract and hold the attention of; engross:
吸引,全神贯注:引起或赢得注意;使全神贯注:
例句:
a hobby that engaged her for hours at a time.
此项嗜好使她一次要花去数小时
To win over or attract:
赢得,吸引住:
例句:
His smile engages everyone he meets.
他的微笑吸引住了每一个他所遇到的人
To draw into; involve:
参加:使加入;使卷入其中:
例句:
engage a shy person in conversation.
使害羞的人加入了交谈
To require the use of; occupy:
使用;占用:
例句:
Studying engages most of a serious student`s time.
读书占用了认真学习的学生的大部分时间
To enter or bring into conflict with:
冲突:进入或导致与…交战:
例句:
We have engaged the enemy.
我们已经与敌人交战
To interlock or cause to interlock; mesh:
连结,接合;啮合:
例句:
engage the automobile`s clutch.
使汽车离合器啮合
To give or take as security.
保证,担保
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To involve oneself or become occupied; participate:
卷入其中或参加;参与:
例句:
engage in conversation.
加入谈话
To assume an obligation; agree.See Synonyms at promise
允诺;同意参见 promise
To enter into conflict or battle:
形成矛盾或交战:
例句:
The armies engaged at dawn.
军队拂晓出击
To become meshed or interlocked:
啮合,连结并相互作用:
例句:
The gears engaged.
齿轮啮合
来源:
Middle English engagen [to pledge something as security for repayment of debt]
中古英语 engagen [抵押物品,以做为偿付担保]
from Old French engagier
源自 古法语 engagier
en- [in] * see en-
en- [在…里] *参见 en-
gage [pledge]
gage [抵押,担保]
[of Germanic origin]
[日耳曼语源的]
【引伸】
engag.er
n.(名词)