| 单词 | engagement |
| 释义 | engagement (ɪngeɪdʒmənt ) Word forms: engagements 1. countable noun An engagement is an arrangement that you have made to do something at a particular time. [formal] He had an engagement at a restaurant in Greek Street at eight. ...business-related social engagements. Synonyms: appointment, meeting, interview, date 2. countable noun [usually singular, usually poss NOUN] B2 An engagement is an agreement that two people have made with each other to get married. I've broken off my engagement to Arthur. [+ to] Announcing our engagement was a relief. Synonyms: betrothal [old-fashioned], marriage contract, troth [archaic], agreement to marry 3. countable noun [usually singular, usually poss NOUN] 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. 4. variable noun A military engagement is an armed conflict between two enemies. The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil. Synonyms: battle, fight, conflict, action 5. See also engage Collocations: engagement party But something changed when they met again at a mutual friend's engagement party when they were both single. Times, Sunday Times Not to mention the engagement party that meant all suspects share one shaky alibi. The Sun The smitten couple are undeterred by family doubts — concerns heightened by the couple's joint purchase of a sports car — and arrange an engagement party. Times, Sunday Times If you are single, you might meet someone special at a friend's engagement party. The Sun So, should the prenup — the document must be signed at least 21 days before the wedding — be the next step after the engagement party? Times, Sunday Times But how to measure that ... perhaps a drop in absenteeism or a rise in positivity in the engagement survey. Times, Sunday Times In our employee engagement survey, staff say colleagues have fun (83%, in the top 15 among small organisations). Times, Sunday Times According to our engagement survey it's a message that chimes at the heart of the employee experience. Times, Sunday Times Employees think it makes a positive difference to the world, giving an 80% positive score in our employee engagement survey, a top 20 result. Times, Sunday Times The 934 employees care about providing a great service, returning a 94% positive score on this question in our staff engagement survey. Times, Sunday Times The weights for this race had already been framed before those efforts and the handicapper has allotted him 9lb more in any future engagements. Times, Sunday Times If the website fails to satisfy his curiosity, he may use the map function which informs readers of where to attend future engagements. Times, Sunday Times As players progress through the dungeon, a tension gauge accumulates after each battle allowing the party to use gambits during future engagements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recognition signals by lamp, once seen, could also easily be copied in future engagements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This sort of technological jiu-jitsu may set the pattern of future engagements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bill was to make permanent global engagement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Images and testimonials circulating after the earthquake across the internet and through social media helped to intensify the reaction of global engagement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The university has a special focus on global engagement and servant leadership. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Reformists acknowledge that the system was liberalised to try to increase engagement and voter turnout. Times, Sunday Times It has introduced several tweaks to its platform to allow for easier conversations between users, to increase engagement and, ultimately, advertising income. Times, Sunday Times It will increase engagement and choice. The Sun The company aims to capitalise on this fanbase and increase engagement by profiling these fans and matching them to dedicated content. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has deleted millions of accounts and introduced tweaks aimed at increasing engagement and revenue. Times, Sunday Times And besides, art - trinkets and all - offers more intellectual engagement than fashion. Times, Sunday Times And art appreciation surely must involve some intellectual engagement beyond sensory stimulation. Times, Sunday Times He's still very well in terms of intellectual engagement. Times, Sunday Times At the centre of these exhibits stands experiencing the world with the senses and an awareness for the body, as opposed to a purely intellectual engagement with the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recent criticism has drawn attention to the depth and range of his intellectual engagements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sometimes she achieves satisfaction; on other occasions it eludes her, perhaps because of the lack of engagement between artist and sitter. The Times Literary Supplement Those who have a lack of engagement or passion are unlikely to get through. Times, Sunday Times His lack of engagement in physical activities may be underpinned by poorly developed motor skills and a lack of physical stamina. Times, Sunday Times But fluidity of taste can also bring with it a lack of engagement, he warns. Times, Sunday Times Be up front about your own lack of engagement up until now. Christianity Today He returned to the hotel in 2010 for a limited engagement and has performed six nights a week since 2011. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, some shows with planned limited engagement runs may, after critical acclaim or box office success, extend their engagements or convert to open-ended runs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It ran for a limited engagement of 40 performances before going on tour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The youngsters rose to the challenge and the show went on to play its limited engagement with a few added performances. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This aims to address the problem of isolation in rural areas where older people have limited engagement with the community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An approach about a long-term engagement would, he emphasised, interest him considerably. Times, Sunday Times All require us to forge a long-term engagement with the country. Times, Sunday Times A generally optimistic person, stuck in a job and a long-term engagement, neither of which she's happy with. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was also a shrewd decision in breaking the distance between those who ordered military engagement and those who undertook it. Times, Sunday Times But the question of how to judge the criteria for military engagement remains the most difficult. Times, Sunday Times The conflict never pitted the superpowers in a direct military engagement but the world came close to nuclear annihilation at least twice through brinkmanship and misperception. Times, Sunday Times As royal constable, his office required that he hold that standard to indicate the king's position during any military engagement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The surrender took place without military engagement, but not without tension. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was her third official engagement since giving birth, but her first on her own. Times, Sunday Times He's been rushing from one official engagement to another. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday it was decidedly on, when the dance graduate, left, turned up in support at an official engagement. Times, Sunday Times But he fell ill with a 'heavy cold' early this week and took, for him, the unusual decision to cancel an official engagement. The Sun The royal couple will undertake an official engagement together at the end of the month and the duchess will then decide when to carry out her first solo engagement. Times, Sunday Times Between the celebrity circuit and political engagement this year she ought to have plenty to scribble down of an evening. Times, Sunday Times (2015) If political engagement had been unsuccessful, the UK and its coalition allies would not have lost anything. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The subtext to all of this is political engagement. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This was the high-water mark of political engagement. The Times Literary Supplement (2013) Is irrational fear driving our cultural and political engagement more than it should? Christianity Today (2000) More than 80 percent said it increased their motivation to combat climate change, regardless of their political orientation or prior engagement with the issue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was not his age - a month short of his 18th birthday - but the simple fact that he had a prior engagement. Times, Sunday Times She couldn't attend anyway as her rep claimed she had a 'prior engagement'. The Sun They had to cancel due to a prior engagement when the show was moved from tomorrow evening to tonight. The Sun He missed a meeting of the council last month, citing prior engagements. Times, Sunday Times My last significant social engagement before the coronavirus lockdown was a school reunion dinner. Times,Sunday Times Gospel-motivated social engagement has the better hope of the gospel being passed on to following generations. Christianity Today It's a challenge in the coronavirus world: how do you sustain social engagement? Times,Sunday Times An institution once famed for the integrity of its academic standards and social engagement has seen its reputation crumble. Times, Sunday Times Social engagement entails relational engagement, and relational engagement entails opportunities to share the gospel. Christianity Today Arriving late for a speaking engagement, he could be expected to react angrily to an unnecessary delay. Times, Sunday Times I also supplement my income through speaking engagement fees, about 4,000 a time. Times, Sunday Times That's why he said yes to every speaking engagement that came along. Christianity Today I got the call moments before a speaking engagement. Christianity Today What's the most you've earned for a speaking engagement? Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 约会 Japanese: 約束 |
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