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E0145300 (ĕn′jə-nîr′)n.1. One who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of engineering.2. One who operates an engine.3. One who skillfully or shrewdly manages an enterprise.tr.v. en·gi·neered, en·gi·neer·ing, en·gi·neers 1. To plan, construct, or manage as an engineer.2. To alter or produce by methods of genetic engineering: bacteria that are genetically engineered to produce insulin.3. To plan, manage, and bring about by skillful acts or contrivance: engineer a business takeover; engineer social changes by legislation.

[Middle English enginour, from Old French engigneor, from Medieval Latin ingeniātor, contriver, from ingeniāre, to contrive, from Latin ingenium, ability; see engine.]

engineer

(ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪə) n1. (General Engineering) a person trained in any branch of the profession of engineering2. the originator or manager of a situation, system, etc3. (Mechanical Engineering) a mechanic; person who repairs or services machines4. (Railways) US and Canadian the driver of a railway locomotive5. (Nautical Terms) an officer responsible for a ship's engines6. (Military) Informal name: sapper a member of the armed forces, esp the army, trained in engineering and construction workvb (tr) 7. to originate, cause, or plan in a clever or devious manner: he engineered the minister's downfall. 8. (General Engineering) to design, plan, or construct as a professional engineer[C14: enginer, from Old French engigneor, from engignier to contrive, ultimately from Latin ingenium skill, talent; see engine]

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n. 1. a person trained and skilled in any of various branches of engineering: a civil engineer. 2. a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines. 3. a person who operates or is in charge of an engine or locomotive. 4. a member of an army, navy, or air force specially trained in engineering work. 5. a skillful manager: a political engineer. v.t. 6. to plan, construct, or manage as an engineer. 7. to alter or create by means of genetic engineering. 8. to arrange, manage, or carry through by skillful or artful contrivance. [1350–1400; < Old French engigneor < Medieval Latin ingeniātor, derivative of ingeniāre to design, devise (v. derivative of ingenium; see engine)]

engineer

engine driver">engine driver1. 'engineer'

An engineer is a skilled person who uses scientific knowledge to design and construct machinery, electrical devices, or roads and bridges.

He trained as a civil engineer and worked on the M4 motorway....a brilliant young mining engineer.

An engineer is also a person who repairs mechanical or electrical devices.

The telephone engineer can't come until Wednesday.

In American English, a person who drives a train is also called an engineer.

An engineer pulled his freight train into a siding.2. 'engine driver'

In British English, a person who drives a train is called an engine driver.

Every little boy has an ambition to be an engine driver.

engineer

Past participle: engineered
Gerund: engineering

Imperative
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Present
I engineer
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Preterite
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Present Continuous
I am engineering
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Present Perfect
I have engineered
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Past Continuous
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Past Perfect
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Future
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Future Perfect
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Future Continuous
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Present Perfect Continuous
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Future Perfect Continuous
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been engineering
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Conditional
I would engineer
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Past Conditional
I would have engineered
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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	engineer - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problemsapplied scientist, technologistindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"aeronautical engineer - an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraftaerospace engineer - an engineer of aircraft and space vehiclesarmy engineer, military engineer - a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction workautomotive engineer - an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobilescivil engineer - an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)electrical engineer - a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricitymarine engineer, naval engineer - a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's enginesmechanical engineer - a person trained to design and construct machinesmetallurgical engineer, metallurgist - an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metalsmining engineer - an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of minescoder, computer programmer, programmer, software engineer - a person who designs and writes and tests computer programsrocket engineer, rocket scientist - an engineer who builds and tests rocketssurveyor - an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures
	2.	engineer - the operator of a railway locomotiveengine driver, locomotive engineer, railroad engineermanipulator, operator - an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard"
Verb	1.	engineer - design as an engineer; "He engineered the water supply project"design, plan - make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"
	2.	engineer - plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"mastermind, orchestrate, organize, organise, directplan - make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"choreograph - plan and oversee the development and details of; "The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed"

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noun1. designer, producer, architect, developer, deviser, creator, planner, inventor, stylist, artificer, originator, couturier He is a fully qualified civil engineer.2. worker, specialist, operator, practitioner, operative, driver, conductor, technician, handler, skilled employee They sent a service engineer to repair the disk drive.verb1. design, plan, create, construct, devise, originate Many of Kuwait's freeways were engineered by W. S. Atkins.2. bring about, plan, control, cause, effect, manage, set up (informal), scheme, arrange, plot, manoeuvre, encompass, mastermind, orchestrate, contrive, concoct, wangle (informal), finagle (informal) Some people believe that his murder was engineered by Stalin.

engineer

verbTo make, achieve, or get through contrivance or guile:finesse, worm.Informal: finagle, wangle.

Translations

工程师操纵火车司机策划轮机员

engine

(ˈendʒin) noun1. a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion. The car has a new engine. 发动机，引擎 2. a railway engine. He likes to sit in a seat facing the engine.火车头ˈengine-driver noun a person who drives a railway engine. 火车司机ˌengiˈneer noun1. a person who designs, makes, or works with, machinery. an electrical engineer.工程师2. (usually civil engineer) a person who designs, constructs, or maintains roads, railways, bridges, sewers etc. 土木工程师3. an officer who manages a ship's engines. 轮机员4. (American) an engine-driver. 火车司机 verb to arrange by skill or by cunning means. He engineered my promotion. 操纵，策划 ˌengiˈneering noun the art or profession of an engineer. He is studying engineering at university.工程学

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engineer

1. a person trained in any branch of the profession of engineering 2. a mechanic; one who repairs or services machines 3. US and Canadian the driver of a railway locomotive 4. an officer responsible for a ship's engines

Engineer

A person trained and experienced in the profession of engineering; one licensed to practice the profession by the authority in the area.

Engineer

a specialist with advanced technical education; originally the title of persons who operated military machines. The concept of the civil engineer appeared in the 16th century in Holland for the builders of bridges and roads, and later it spread to England and other countries. The first educational institutions to train engineers were established in the 17th century in Denmark; in the 18th century they were organized in Great Britain, France, Germany, and Austria. The first engineering school in Russia was founded by Peter I in 1712 in Moscow. Institutions in St. Petersburg were the Mining School, which was equal in standing to the academies (1773); the Institute of Railroad Engineers (1809); the School of Civil Engineers (1832; renamed the Institute of Civil Engineers in 1882); and the Engineering Academy (1855). During the 19th century a distinction began to be made in foreign countries between practicing engineers, or professional engineers (who were actually specialists with the qualifications of a technician), and graduate engineers, with advanced technical education (civil engineers).

Engineers are trained at higher educational institutions of various types and specializations. In the USSR they specialize in geology, mining, power, metallurgy, machine building and instrument-making, radio electronics, forest engineering, chemical technology, production processes, construction, geodesy, hy-drometeorology, transportation, and engineering economics. In 1971 the Soviet system of higher technical education had more than 230 engineering specializations and 360 special areas. Contemporary progress in science and technology created the necessity of training engineers with combined specializations, such as engineer-physicist and engineer-mathematician.

The curriculum for each engineering specialization is intended to take five to six years and consists of three cycles of academic disciplines: general science, which includes higher mathematics, physics, chemistry, political economy, Marxist-Leninist philosophy, scientific communism, history of the CPSU, and a foreign language; general engineering, which includes theoretical mechanics, machine parts, the theory of mechanisms and machines, descriptive geometry and drawing, metals technology, materials science, strength of materials, electrical engineering, hydraulics, heat engineering, safety engineering, the economics and organization of production, and computer technology; and specialized engineering, the content of which varies depending on the profession and specialization (for example, for engineering geodesy the required studies include geodesy, advanced geodesy, engineering geodesy, engineering surveying, photogrammetry, practical astronomy, and cartography).

The general-science and general-engineering disciplines give specialists a broad background, and the specialized disciplines (for example, the theory of technological processes, and the theory of design and construction of machines and instruments) lay the scientific foundation for the future engineer’s specialized training. General engineering training is usually done in the lower grades; specialized training comes in the third to fifth years. During their education the future engineers perform a great deal of calculation and graphic and practice research assignments and yearly projects and receive training and production practice. Graduates of the higher technical schools defend engineering theses, take state examinations, and qualify as engineers (according to the profession chosen—mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, production processes engineer, economist-engineer, and so on). The qualifications of Soviet engineers are equivalent in academic levels to the qualifications acquired by graduate students at higher technical schools in the USA, Great Britain, France, and other countries by defending a dissertation project for the second professional academic degree, for example, master of science.

In 1971 there were about 3 million people studying in engineering specializations at higher educational institutions in the USSR. The number of engineers graduated in the USSR and the USA, respectively, was 37,000 and 61,000 in 1950, 120,000 and 43,000 in 1960, 170,000 and 41,000 in 1965, and 257,000 and 50,000 in 1970.

In 1970, the distribution of engineers graduating in the USSR among the groups of professions was as follows: geology and exploration of mineral deposits, 5, 100; working of mineral deposits, 6,300; power engineering, 10,500; metallurgy, 6,500; machine building and instrument-making, 69,000; electronic equipment, electrical instrument-making, and automation, 40,500; radio engineering and communications, 19,800; chemical engineering, 16,100; forest engineering and the technology of lumber, pulp, and paper, 3,300; the technology of food products, 7,900; the technology of consumer goods, 5,400; construction, 30,300; geodesy and cartography, 1,000; hydrology and meteorology, 1,100; transportation, 14,900; and economics, 20,000. The number of graduate engineers employed in the economy of the USSR and the USA has changed as follows: 400,000 and 310,000, respectively, in 1950; 1,135,000 and 590,000 in 1960; 1,631,000 and 735,000 in 1965; and 2,486,000 and 905,000 in 1970.

Scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel in the field of technology are trained in the graduate-studies system at institutions of higher technical education and scientific research institutions. In 1970 there were about 40,000 graduate students in the USSR and about 410,000 scientific workers in the technical sciences, including 4,700 doctors of technical sciences and 63,500 candidates of technical sciences.

V. A. IUDIN

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[‚en·jə′nir] (engineering) An individual who specializes in one of the branches of engineering.

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A person trained and experienced in the profession of engineering; a person licensed to practice the profession by the authority in the area.

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noun designer

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noun worker

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verb design

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verb bring about

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verb to make, achieve, or get through contrivance or guile

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noun a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

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noun the operator of a railway locomotive

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verb design as an engineer

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verb plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

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