| 单词 | engage |
| 释义 | en·gage transitive verb 1. a. obsolete b. < engaged his all in the king's cause > < I would like to drop out of this undertaking but my word is engaged > 2. a. obsolete b. obsolete c. < engaged his attention by a series of sprightly comments > d. e. < the teeth of one gear wheel engaging those of another to transmit power > also < engage the gears, then slowly let in your clutch > 3. a. obsolete b. < he engaged himself not to call on his father for help > especially < a girl who engaged herself to three different men in as many months > — usually used passively < they had been engaged for over six years > c. < engaged herself to attend the meeting > often < I would like to go with you but I am engaged that evening > < a popular hairdresser whose time is engaged weeks in advance > 4. a. < it engaged all their strength to budge the stone > < to fix the attention, but not to engage the mind, is a precise statement of the advertiser's formula — D.M.Potter > < subsistence farming engages the major efforts of the settlers > < his family had been engaged in trade for generations > b. < she was engaged to play the leading role in the new opera > < you will need to engage a cook and two extra maids if you take that house > also < he engaged himself with the new company for two years > c. < he will engage a suite at the hotel > < have your agent engage wheat for fall delivery > < I have engaged the help of the local chief in order to recruit enough porters > d. < his gentle persistence gradually engaged all the neighbors > < she engages everyone with her pretty girlish ways > 5. a. archaic b. < the puzzle engaged him all evening > < we were engaged in cleaning the cottage until just before you came > c. < I engaged him in conversation > 6. a. < ordered to seek out and engage the enemy fleet > b. < engaged their foils after a preliminary pass or two > < the battling stags engage their heavy antlers and strive for mastery > intransitive verb 1. a. < engaged to free the Holy Land > : enter into or take on an obligation < they engaged to sell our grain at the best possible price > < the Indians engaged to keep the peace > b. < he'll be there on time but that's all I can engage for > < he engages for the honesty of his brother > 2. a. < he engaged in trade for several years > b. < he engaged in one long round of pleasure as long as his money lasted > c. < he engaged in a long-winded dispute > < engaging in a hog-calling contest > 3. a. b. 4. archaic 5. of machinery Synonyms: see promise |
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