engagement
/ɪnˈgeɪdʒmənt/noun
1
- a formal agreement to get married订婚, 婚约。
1.1
- the duration of such an agreement婚约期：
a good long engagement to give you time to be sure.
让你有时间拿定主意的一个很长的婚约期。
2
- an arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time约会, 预约：
a dinner engagement.
饭局。
3
- mass noun the action of engaging or being engaged约定, 保证：
Britain's continued engagement in open trading.
英国对贸易开放的一贯承诺。
4
- a fight or battle between armed forces交战, 战斗。
词源
early 17th cent. （in the general sense 'a legal or moral obligation'）： French, from engager 'to pledge' （see ENGAGE）.