单词:engages
v consume all of one's attention or time
v engage or hire for work
v ask to represent; of legal counsel
v give to in marriage
v get caught
v carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
v hire for work or assistance
v engage for service under a term of contract
v keep engaged
engage的用法和样例:
例句
- The restaurant decide to engage a pop singer.餐馆决定雇用一名流行歌手。
- If the big gear did not engage with the small one,the machine would refuse to work.如果大齿轮与小齿轮不相啮合的话,机器就不会工作。
- Our orders are to engage (the enemy) immediately.我们的命令是立即(与敌军)开战。
- I will engage to manage the business if you will engage to provide the capital.如果你答应出资本,我答应经管这个生意。
- Jack and Anne are engaged.杰克和安妮订婚了。
- I have engaged a room at this hotel.我已经在这个旅馆里预订了一个房间。
- I have no time to engage in the debate.我没时间参加辩论。
- Is it wise to engage in active sports at your age?我这样的年纪积极参加体育活动是否明智?
- They engage in the study of music.他们从事音乐研究。
- Those who engage in mental work are also workers.从事脑力劳动的人也是劳动者。
常见句型
- He has engaged a new secretary.他已雇了一位新秘书。
- I've engaged a room at the hotel.我已经在旅馆里预订了一个房间。
- Bright colours engage a baby's attention.鲜艳的颜色引起婴孩的注意。
- The spots of blood on the floor engaged the attention of the police.地板上的血迹引起了警察的注意。
- Housework engages much of her time.家务事占用了她很多时间。 1
- Can you come on Sunday?No,I'm engaged.你星期日能来吗?不能,我已有约了。
- Please wait a minute, he is engaged just now.请稍等一会儿,他正有事呢。
- Tom and Mary are engaged.汤姆和玛丽订婚了。
- Her attention was engaged by the display of new hats in the shop window.商店橱窗里展出的新式帽子吸引了她的注意力。
- He is engaged at a bank.他受雇于一家银行。
- The typist is engaged for a week on trial.那位打字员被试用一周。
- Can you engage that all his statements are trustworthy?你能担保他的话都可靠吗?
- He engaged to read the book.他答应看这本书。
- I will engage to be there on time.我保证准时到那儿。
- The company had engaged to finish the building by May.公司保证大楼在5月份完工。
- He engaged himself to pay back the money.他保证还钱。
- She engaged herself to attend the meeting.她答应一定去参加会议。 1
- He was engaged to be married to her.他跟她订过婚。
- He engaged Mary as a secretary.他聘玛丽当秘书。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。 1
- The old man was engaged as a guide.那位老人被雇用为向导。
常用短语
- 允诺; 保证 promise; guaranteeengage for sth
I will engage for his behaviour should you decide to employ him.
如果你能决定雇用他,那么我可以担保他的行为。
I can engage for his honesty.
我保证他为人诚实。
- 参加; 从事; 忙于 make sb join with one in sth; busy oneself withengage in sth
I have no time to engage in the debate.
我没时间参加辩论。
He engaged in a serious study of the problem.
他对这个问题进行了认真的研究。
be engaged in sth/v-ingMy family has been engaged in farming for generations.
我家几代都从事农业。
- 订婚 be promised in marriage to sbbe engage to sb
He was engaged to my sister.
他和我妹妹订婚了。
I am engaged to Mr. Worthing,mama.
妈妈,我与沃森先生订婚了。
- 交战attack each otherengage with sb
Our ships have engaged with the enemy.
我们的舰船已与敌人交战。
词汇搭配
- engage a hall租下大厅
- engage a room预订房间
- engage at once立即开始
- engage actively积极从事
- engage busily忙于
- engage exclusively全力从事
- engage hotly热情地聘请
- engage ordinarily通常地聘请
- engage successfully成功地聘请
- engage as聘请为…
- engage sb as adviser聘请某人当顾问
- engage for应允,保证,约定
- engage for sb's good behaviour保证某人行为端正
- engage for sb's honesty保证某人诚实
- engage in从事,忙于,参加
- engage in animal husbandry从事畜牧业工作
- engage in a discussion进行讨论
- engage in making clothes忙于做衣服
- engage on着手,从事
- engage oneself to答应和某人订婚,约束(自己),担保
- engage with忙于接待〔应付〕,和(敌人)交战
- engage with the enemy和敌军交战
- engage with a visitor陪客人
经典引文
He would engage his soul for the reliability of all present.
出自:A. Fraser
- absorb吸收
- occupy占用
- engross使全神贯注
- involve包含
- employ雇佣
- charm魅力
- hold拿着
- appoint任命
- take on承担
- battle战斗
- fight战斗
- combat战斗
- contest竞赛
- keep保持
- connect连接
- slot in进入浪头
- hire雇用
- entangle 使 ... 纠缠
- take拿
- grip紧握
- agree同意
- promise诺言
- contract for订契约
- immerse浸
- work工作
- bespeak证明(某事物)...
- conscript征兵
- commission佣金
- preoccupy先占
- play玩
- interlock连结
- captivate迷住
- catch赶上
- lock锁
- rent租金
- wage工资
- mesh网孔
- affiance 与 ... 订婚
- operate操作
- enlist征募
- lease租约
- plight困境
- pursue追求
- charter宪章
- busy忙的
- betroth 同 ... 订婚
- prosecute起诉
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