1 VERB 参与;从事 If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. 参与;从事 [formal]
2 VERB 吸引(人);引起(注意、兴趣) If something engages you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it. 吸引(人);引起(注意、兴趣)
3 VERB 使参与,使参加(谈话) If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them. 使参与,使参加(谈话)
SYN occupy, involve, draw, busy
4 VERB 适应;(与…)建立密切关系 If you engage with something or with a group of people, you get involved with that thing or group and feel that you are connected with it or have real contact with it. 适应;(与…)建立密切关系
5 VERB 任命;聘用;雇用 If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it. 任命;聘用;雇用 [formal]
SYN employ, commission, appoint, take on
6 V-ERG (使)啮合;(使)咬合 When a part of a machine or other mechanism engages or when you engage it, it moves into a position where it fits into something else. (使)啮合;(使)咬合
SYN interlock, join, interact, mesh
7 VERB 与…交战 When a military force engages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle. 与…交战
SYN begin battle with, attack, take on, encounter
8 See also: engaged engaging
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