一、详细释义:


v.

(用契约、诺言等)约束(自己);使订婚;保证 [T]


例句:

My brother and she are engaged.

我兄弟和她订婚了。


例句:

He engaged himself as an apprentice to a printer.

他签订合同当了一名印刷学徒工。


【主英】雇,聘 [T]


例句:

We engaged the services of a recognised engineer.

我们雇用了一个公认的杰出工程师。


例句:

He had been able to engage some staff.

他已经能够雇用一些员工。


吸引;占用(时间、精力等)[T]


例句:

Housework engages much of her time.

家事占用她很多时间。


例句:

The book engaged my full attention.

这本书把我完全吸引住了。


使从事,使忙于;使参加,使卷入 [T]


例句:

He was busily engaged in painting the furniture.

他忙于油漆家具。


例句:

I have never engaged in the drug trade.

我从未参与过毒品交易。


与...交战;进攻 [I,T]


例句:

Our team must engage that strong team in this competition.

在这场竞争中我们对必须和那支强队交手。


例句:

It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes.

从这可以避开敌方鱼雷区对敌人发动进攻。


使(齿轮等)啮合;使(兵器等)交结在一起;【建】使附联 [T]


例句:

This wheel engage with that wheel and turns it.

这个轮子与那个轮子啮合,并使它转动。


例句:

Press the lever until you hear the catch engage.

压下挡杆,直到听到挡挂好。


【旧】预订(房间、座位等)[T]


例句:

We have to engage the room in advance.

我们不得不提前预订房间。


例句:

They have already engaged that table.

他们已经预订了那张桌子。


【废】典,当,押[T]

保证;答应;担保 [I]


例句:

I will engage to manage the business if you will engage to provide the capital.

如果你答应出资本,我答应经营这个事业。


例句:

The company engaged to finish the building by May.

那家公司保证五月份造好房子。


从事;参加 [I]


例句:

They engage in the study of music.

他们从事音乐研究。


啮合,接合;紧密接合;有密切关系 [I]


例句:

The teeth of one gear engage with the teeth of the other.

一个齿轮的牙齿与另一个齿轮的牙齿啮合在一起。


二、词义辨析:


hire,employ,engage

这些动词均含“雇用”之意。 hire普通用词,常指短期或长期雇用某人从事某一特定工作或一次性的工作,含强调为薪金而工作的意味。 employ正式用词,侧重受雇者虽为薪金而工作,但工作固定共享有相当尊严。 engage可与hire换用,特指雇用专业人员。


三、参考例句:


Engage in active listening.

积极倾听。


Engage in social conversation.

参与社交网站的聊天。


We engage in import business.

我们从事进口贸易。


They engage in the study of music.

他们从事音乐研究。


Politicians should not engage in business affairs.

政治家不应从事商业事务。


Knowledge workers engage in mind work.

知识工作者从事脑力劳动。


Beautiful clothes can easily engage girls' attention.

漂亮的衣服总能轻易地吸引女孩的注意.


Many children engage in extracurricular dramatics.

许多小朋友参加课外演剧活动。


We engage ourselves to fulfill certain obligations.

我们保证履行一定的职责。


I will engage to manage the business if you will engage to provide the capital.

如果你答应出资本,我答应经营这个事业。