be otherwise engaged

formalBUSY/NOT AVAILABLE to be unable to do something because you are doing something else 另外有约，另外有事

Examples from the Corpus

be otherwise engaged• Duffy, who was otherwise engaged, has been replaced by another actor.• The people in the town who may need a spot of positive thinking more than anybody else will be otherwise engaged.• The two leaders went to military headquarters for confirmation and were told that the staff were otherwise engaged.• This satisfies him and allows the other adventurers to run and escape automatically while the Champion is otherwise engaged.

→ be otherwise engaged at engaged(1)

单词	be otherwise engaged
释义	be otherwise engaged be otherwise engaged formalBUSY/NOT AVAILABLE to be unable to do something because you are doing something else 另外有约，另外有事 Examples from the Corpus be otherwise engaged• Duffy, who was otherwise engaged, has been replaced by another actor.• The people in the town who may need a spot of positive thinking more than anybody else will be otherwise engaged.• The two leaders went to military headquarters for confirmation and were told that the staff were otherwise engaged.• This satisfies him and allows the other adventurers to run and escape automatically while the Champion is otherwise engaged. → be otherwise engaged at engaged(1)
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