engagement

battle, war, campaign, struggle, warfare, fight, combat, engagement

这些名词均有“战斗，战争”之意。
battle: 侧重指战争中的一次较全面、时间较长的战斗，也指陆军或海军在某一特定地区进行的战斗，或个人之间的争斗。
war: 是战争的总称，一般指包括多个战役的大规模战争。
campaign: 通常指在一场大的战争中在某一地区进行的一连串有既定目的的军事行动。也可作引申用。
struggle: 指激烈或时间持续长的战斗或奋力斗争。
warfare: 侧重指战争状态或具体的作战方法。
fight: 最普通用词，含义广，指战斗、斗争或打斗。
combat: 泛指军事行动，尤指小规模的战斗，甚至是格斗。
engagement: 指交战，交火。

名词 engagement:

1. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
   同义词：battle, conflict, fight
2. a meeting arranged in advance
   同义词：date, appointment
3. a mutual promise to marry
   同义词：betrothal, troth
4. the act of giving someone a job
   同义词：employment
5. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
   同义词：booking
6. contact by fitting together
   同义词：mesh, meshing, interlocking
7. the act of sharing in the activities of a group
   同义词：participation, involvement, involution

1. Fidelity to engagement is a virtue.
   信守诺言是一种美德。
2. I have numerous engagements for next year.
   我明年有许多约会。
3. He had only enough money to meet his engagements.
   他的钱仅够付合同款。
4. Their engagement was announced in the papers.
   他们订婚的消息登报了。

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n.（名词）
The act of engaging or the state of being engaged.
约定，预定：订约的行为或已定约的状态
Betrothal.
订婚约
Something that serves to engage; a pledge.
担保，抵押：用于担保的东西；抵押品
A promise or agreement to be at a particular place at a particular time.
约会：在某特定时间某特定地点的承诺或协定

Employment, especially for a specified time.
雇佣：雇佣或聘请，尤指为特定时间的雇佣
A specific, often limited, period of employment.
聘用期间：特定且常有限的雇用期
A hostile encounter; a battle.
交战：敌对双方的遭遇战；战役
The condition of being in gear.
啮合的状态

<参考词汇><同义词>engagement,appointment,assignation,date,rendezvous,trystThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .a commitment to appear at a certain time and place.:
这些名词所共享的中心意思是.在某特定的时间及地点出现的约定.
例句：
a business engagement;
商务约定；

例句：
a dental appointment;
牙医预约；

例句：
a secret assignation;
秘密幽会；

例句：
a date to play tennis;
打网球定约；

例句：
a rendezvous of allied troops at the border;
联盟部分在边界会合；

例句：
a lovers` tryst.
恋人的约会。