| 单词 | engaged |
| 释义 | engaged —engaged /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ adjective (IN USE) ► B1 If a phone or public toilet is engaged, someone is already using it: » Every time I ring her, she/the phone/the number is engaged.» UK I've been trying to call him all evening, but I keep getting the engaged tone.» The sign on the toilet door said 'Engaged'.→ COMPARE VACANT(Cf. ↑vacant) (EMPTY)Thesaurus+: ↑Unavailable and inaccessible , ↑Present• • • Extra Examples:» His phone is engaged - can I put you on hold?» I've called him several times but his phone is always engaged.» The doctor's consulting room said 'Engaged' on the door, but nobody was in there.» When the aircraft's toilet is engaged, the 'occupied' sign is lit up.» All of the cubicles in the changing room were engaged, so we had to wait a few minutes.adjective (INVOLVED/BUSY) F0 [after verb] involved in something: » They've been engaged in a legal battle with the council for several months.» She's part of a team of scientists who are engaged on/upon cancer research.Thesaurus+: ↑Busy and active , ↑Hurrying and doing things quicklyF0 [after verb] FORMAL busy doing something: » I'd come to the meeting on Tuesday but I'm afraid I'm otherwise engaged (= doing something else).Thesaurus+: ↑Unavailable and inaccessible , ↑PresentThesaurus+: ↑Functioning , ↑Performing a function• • • Extra Examples:» The soldiers were engaged in hand-to-hand combat.» Rescuers were engaged in a frantic all-night effort to reach the survivors before their supply of air ran out.» So, what is this big research project you're engaged upon at the moment?» We wondered whether the mysterious gentleman was engaged upon a secret government mission.» During the war, she was actively engaged in the resistance.adjective (MARRIAGE) ► B1 having formally agreed to marry: » Debbie and Christa have just got engaged.» She was engaged to some guy in the army.» FORMAL They're engaged to be married in June.Thesaurus+: ↑Marriage, cohabitation and other relationships• • • Extra Examples:» He asked her to sign a prenuptial agreement when they got engaged.» She told me that she'd been engaged three times, but had never actually married.» This photo was taken when we were engaged.» Where this form asks about my marital status, should I write 'engaged' or just 'single'?» She got engaged to her childhood sweetheart as soon as she left school. |
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