| 单词 | engage |
| 释义 | engage (once / 47 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v Engage means to bind, catch, or involve. If your sink is stopped up, engage, or hire, a plumber to fix it. Otherwise the smell of rotten food in the garbage disposal will engage your attention (in a bad way). Engage comes from a French word for pledge. If you agree to marry your sweetheart, you are engaged to marry. If you engage the kid next door to water your plants, she will expect to be paid for it. Engagement is also used to talk about war or conflict. An army engages its enemy in battle, just as you might engage in debate with a traffic cop over whether the light was yellow or red. WORD FAMILYengage: disengage, engaged, engagement, engages, engaging+/disengage: disengaged, disengagement, disengages, disengaging/disengagement: disengagements/engaged: unengaged/engagement: engagements, non-engagement/engaging: engagingly USAGE EXAMPLESInstead, he will strategize and engage with clients at a senior level. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) His attorney argued there was insufficient evidence to convict Kelly on several charges, including theft and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “The results are there: Daesh is in retreat and the battle of Mosul is engaged.” Time(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v consume all of one's attention or time Syn|Hypo|Hyper absorb, engross, occupy involve occupy or engage the interest of consumeengage fully rivethold (someone's attention) interest excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of 2v engage for service under a term of contract Syn|Hyper charter, hire, lease, rent, take acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 3v hire for work or assistance engage aid, help, services, or support Syn|Hypo|Hyper enlist recruit seek to employ procure, secure get by special effort 4v engage or hire for work Syn|Ant|Hypo employ, hire can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position featherbed hire more workers than are necessary fillappoint someone to (a position or a job) shiphire for work on a ship contract, sign, sign on, sign upengage by written agreement ratemploy scabs or strike breakers in farm out, job, subcontractarranged for contracted work to be done by others contract outassign a job to someone outside one's own business 5v ask to represent; of legal counsel 2Hyper employ, hire engage or hire for work 1v carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in They engaged in a discussion Syn|Hypo|Hyper prosecute, pursue commit, practice engage in or perform closeengage at close quarters politickengage in political activities logrollwork toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 2v carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper wage offer, provide, put up mount or put up contend, fight, struggle be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight 1v get caught make sure the gear is engaged Ant|Hypo|Hyper disengage become free lock become rigid or immoveable touch make physical contact with, come in contact with 2v keep engaged 4engaged the gears Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper lock, mesh, operate disengage, withdraw release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles flip, switch, throw cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation ridekeep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot switch on, turn oncause to operate by flipping a switch cut, switch off, turn off, turn outcause to stop operating by disengaging a switch displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense v give to in marriage Syn|Hyper affiance, betroth, plight vow make a vow; promise |
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