engagement
- n.订婚;雇用;交战;(尤指正式的或与工作有关的)约定，约会，预约;战斗;（与…的）密切关系;订婚期间
复数： engagements
engage v.引起 + -ment 行为或结果
engagementnoun
婚前 before marriage
订婚；订婚期间
an agreement to marry sb; the period during which two people are engaged
Their engagement was announced in the local paper.
他们订婚的消息已在当地报纸上公布。
She has broken off her engagement to Charles.
她已解除同查尔斯的婚约。
an engagement party
订婚宴会
a long/short engagement
长 / 短婚约期
约定 arrangement to do sth
（尤指正式的或与工作有关的）约定，约会，预约
an arrangement to do sth at a particular time, especially sth official or sth connected with your job
an engagement book/diary
预约簿 / 日志
He has a number of social engagements next week.
他下周有几次社交约会。
It was her first official engagement .
那是她第一次正式约会。
I had to refuse because of a prior engagement .
我因为已经有预约只好拒绝了。
战斗 fighting
战斗；交战
fighting between two armies, etc.
The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy.
将军竭力避免与敌军交火。
联系 being involved
（与…的）密切关系；（对…的）了解
being involved with sb/sth in an attempt to understand them/it
Her views are based on years of engagement with the problems of the inner city.
她的观点是以多年对市内中心区问题的了解为基础的。
雇用 employment
雇用；聘用
an arrangement to employ sb; the process of employing sb
The terms of engagement are to be agreed in writing.
聘用条款应有书面协议。
engagement
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N-COUNT 约会;约定
An engagement is an arrangement that you have made to do something at a particular time.He had an engagement at a restaurant in Greek Street at eight.
他8点在希腊街的一个餐厅有个约会。
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N-COUNT 婚约
An engagement is an agreement that two people have made with each other to get married.I've broken off my engagement to Arthur...
我已经解除了与阿瑟的婚约。
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N-COUNT 订婚期
You can refer to the period of time during which two people are engaged as their engagement .I felt our engagement was quite an unhappy time.
我觉得我们订婚期间非常不愉快。
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N-VAR 交战;战斗
A military engagement is an armed conflict between two enemies.The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil.
宪法禁止他们在外国采取军事行动。
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See also:engage
noun
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- employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
- the play had bookings throughout the summer
- Synonym: booking
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- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- Synonym: battle conflict fight
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- the act of giving someone a job
- Synonym: employment
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- the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities
- Synonym: participation involvement involution
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- a mutual promise to marry
- Synonym: betrothal troth
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- contact by fitting together
- the engagement of the clutch
- the meshing of gears
- Synonym: mesh meshing interlocking
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- a meeting arranged in advance
- she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
- Synonym: date appointment
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Their engagement was announced in the local paper .
他们订婚的消息已在当地报纸上公布。
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We are happy to announce the engagement of our daughter .
我们高兴地宣布，我们的女儿订婚了。
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He has a number of social engagements next week .
他下周有几次社交约会。
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Her views are based on years of engagement with the problems of the inner city .
她的观点是以多年对市内中心区问题的了解为基础的。
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The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy .
将军竭力避免与敌军交火。
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The terms of engagement are to be agreed in writing .
聘用条款应有书面协议。
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He has a number of speaking engagements this week .
他这个星期安排了几次演讲。
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It was her first official engagement .
那是她第一次正式约会。
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This was her first official engagement .
这是她的首桩公务。
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I was unable to attend because of a previous engagement .
我因有约在先，无法出席。
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We are happy to announce the engagement of our daughter .
我们高兴地宣布，我们的女儿已订婚。
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There wasn 't a dry eye in the house when they announced their engagement .
他们宣布订婚时大伙眼睛全湿啦。
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She will be unable to attend because of a prior engagement .
因事先有别的安排，她将不能出席。
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They have called off their engagement .
他们已经解除婚约。
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They haven 't formally announced their engagement yet .
他们还没有正式宣布订婚。
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I had to refuse because of a prior engagement .
我因为已经有预约只好拒绝了。
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The engagement was a bad mistake .
这婚约是一项大错。
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I felt our engagement was quite an unhappy time .
我觉得我们订婚期间非常不愉快。
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His work schedule still includes speaking engagements and other public appearances .
他的工作日程表上还包括演讲安排和在其他公开场合的露面。
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She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs
她选择玛吉为她拍订婚照的时候化妆。
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I think I found it easier than Nell to keep our engagement quiet .
我觉得，我比内尔更容易守得住我们订婚的秘密。
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He had an engagement at a restaurant in Greek Street at eight .
他8点在希腊街的一个餐厅有个约会。
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She was planning to announce her engagement to Peter
她正计划宣布她和彼得订婚一事。
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After a whirlwind romance the couple announced their engagement in July .
在闪电式的恋爱后，两人在7月宣布订婚。
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The owner knew about the engagement and brought them glasses of champagne on the house .
店主知道了订婚一事，于是免费请他们喝香槟。
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I was absolutely astonished by the reaction to our engagement . Everyone started congratulating us .
大家对我们订婚的反应让我非常惊讶。所有人都开始祝贺我们。
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I 've broken off my engagement to Arthur
我已经解除了与阿瑟的婚约。
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Naomi was showing off her engagement ring
娜奥米正在炫耀她的订婚戒指。
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As for her engagement with Adam , I would say the portents are gloomy .
至于她和亚当的婚约，我看兆头不妙。
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Announcing our engagement was a relief .
宣布婚约让我们松了一口气。
主要指与某人在某一具体时间、地点见面的正式约定，尤指与工作相关的预约。
He has an appointment to see the doctor.
他约好了看医生。
Jim has an appointment with his client at 11 o'clock.
吉姆11点约了客户。
指与爱慕的异性或恋人之间的见面。
Have you got a date this evening?
你今天晚上有约会没有？
She has a date with Jim tomorrow afternoon.
她明天下午和吉姆有约会。
指做某事的正式安排，尤与工作有关。
Her excuse of a prior engagement was accepted.
她事先另有安排的理由被接受了。
I have an engagement with Mr. Brown to play golf at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
我和布朗先生约好了今天下午两点钟打高尔夫球。