单词 | engagement |
释义 | engagement n 1 [C] agreement to marry 订婚 Their engagement was announced in the local paper. 他们订婚的消息已登在当地报纸上. 2 [C] arrangement to go somewhere, meet sb or do sth at a fixed time; appointment 约会 I have several engagements for next week. 我下周有几个约会. The orchestra has several concert engagements. 这管弦乐队已安排好几场音乐会. 3 [C] (fml 文) formal promise or guarantee, esp in writing 正式的承诺或保证(尤指书面形式) He doesn´t have enough money to meet all his engagements, ie to make the payments he has promised to make. 他无钱偿付承诺的一切债务. 4 [C] (fml 文) battle 战斗; 交战 The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy. 那位将军竭力避免与敌军交战. 5 [U] arrangement to employ; action of engaging 聘用的事宜; 雇用的行动 the engagement of three new assistants 聘用三名新助手的事. 6 [U] action or result of engaging (parts of a machine, etc) (机器零件等)啮合的动作或结果 after engagement of the clutch 离合器啮合後. |
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