engage
vi. 答应, 从事, 交战 vt. 使忙碌, 雇佣, 预定, 使从事于, 使参加
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教材释义与例句
从事；答应，保证；交战；啮合
吸引，占用；使参加；雇佣；使订婚；预定
释义与例句
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1.
To interact socially.
To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
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2.
To interact socially.
To draw into conversation.
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To interact socially.
To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
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4.
To interact antagonistically.
To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
及物1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs a favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy
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To interact antagonistically.
To enter into battle.
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6.
To interact contractually.
To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
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To interact contractually.
To guarantee or promise (to do something).
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To interact contractually.
To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
及物They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year.
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To interact contractually.
To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
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To interact mechanically.
To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out.
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To interact mechanically.
To come into gear with.
及物 工程The teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another.
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To entangle.
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词源
From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Frankish *anwadjōn (“to pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *an-, *andi- + Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge, secure”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- + gage. Cognate with Old English anwedd (“pledge, security”), Old English weddian (“to engage, covenant, undertake”), German wetten (“to bet, wager”), Icelandic veðja (“to wager”). More at wed.
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