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en·gage /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ vt. | vi.
❶ vt.
1. (用契约、诺言等)约束(自己)；使订婚；保证
He engaged himself as an apprentice to a printer. 他签订合同当了一名印刷学徒工。
He engaged himself not to call on his father for help. 他发誓不去请求父亲帮助。
My brother and she are engaged. 我兄弟和她订婚了。
She engaged herself to attend the meeting. 她答应一定去参加会议。
2. 〈主英〉雇，聘
engage a lawyer to argue one's case in court 聘请律师出庭为自己辩护
engage the right people for the job 雇用合适的人来担当这工作
He engaged us to manage his money. 他聘用我们来为他管账。
3. 吸引；占用(时间、精力等)
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。
The writer's personal story engages us very much. 那位作家的个人经历引起我们极大的兴趣。
She engages everyone with her pretty girlish ways. 她以漂亮的少女风度迷住了大家。
Her work engages her completely. 她的全部精力都用在工作上。
The puzzle engaged him all evening. 他整个晚上都在对付那个难题。
Reading engages his spare time. 阅读占去了他的业余时间。
It engaged all their strength to budge the stone. 他们使出了全部力量来挪动那块石头。
4. 使从事，使忙于；使参加，使卷入
They engaged him in a new project. 他们让他从事一个新项目。
The old lady engaged herself in making clothes for her neighbours' children. 老太太忙着为邻居的孩子们做衣服。
Pat engaged her mother-in-law in conversation. 帕特设法使她的婆婆参加谈话。
5. 与…交战；进攻
They engaged the enemy (in battle). 他们与敌人交战。
6. 使(齿轮等)啮合；使(兵器等)交结在一起；【建】使附联
Engage the gears, then slowly let in your clutch. 先使齿轮啮合在一起，然后慢慢地接合离合器。
7. 〈旧〉预订(房间、座位等)
We engaged two rooms at the hotel. 我们在那家宾馆订了两个房间。
8. 〈废〉典，当，押
❷ vi.
1. 保证；答应；担保 (for)
I will engage to be there on time. 我一定准时到那儿。
He engaged to pay back the money. 他答应一定还钱。
He engages for the honesty of his brother. 他担保他兄弟是诚实的。
2. 从事；参加
He engaged upon a new profession. 他开始从事新的职业。
He engaged in trade for a number of years. 他做了好多年的生意。
The two friends engaged in conversation. 两位朋友进行了交谈。
At college he engaged in gymnastics. 他在大学里参加体操活动。
He engaged in a long-winded dispute. 他参加了一场冗长的辩论。
3. 交战，交手
The mob did not venture to engage against musketry and cannon with their knives. 那群暴徒不敢以刀剑来对抗滑膛枪和火炮。
4. 啮合，接合；紧密结合；有密切关系
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。
A family's psychology and psychopathology engage with its social and economic life. 一个家庭的心理和精神病理与它的社会生活和经济生活密切相关。
[< OFr engagier < en gage under pledge; 见 GAGE¹] |