engage

[US]/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
[UK]/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 雇佣;吸引,占用;使订婚
vi. 从事;交战;啮合
Word Forms
现在分词engaging
过去分词engaged
过去式engaged
第三人称单数engages

Phrases & Collocations

engage with customers

与客户互动

engage in activities

参与活动

engage in teamwork

参与团队合作

engage in

从事于(参加)

engage with

交战;与…接洽

engage on

从事;开始

Example Sentences

engage in a subcontract

进行转包

engage in colloquy with sb.

与某人会谈

Let's not engage in personalities.

我们别再进行人身攻击了吧

engage a new secretary

聘请新秘书

engage the automobile's clutch.

使汽车离合器啮合

be engaged in research

从事研究

They engaged the enemy.

他们与敌人交战。

engage a shy person in conversation.

使害羞的人加入了交谈

I was engaged in a voluntary capacity.

我从事一个自愿者的角色。

he was engaged as a trainee copywriter.

他被聘为实习广告撰稿员。

organizations engage in a variety of activities.

各组织都从事各种各样的活动。

some are actively engaged in crime.

有些人积极从事犯罪活动。

They are engaged in import and export.

他们做进出口贸易。

engaged in the writing of a novel

从事一部小说的写作

He is engaged just now.

他正有事。

Real-world Examples

He said now that we were engaged.

现在他说我们订婚了。

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

Once people are emotionally engaged, they'll stick with you.

一旦人们在情感上投入,他们就会坚持使用你的产品。

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

'We heard that you were engaged.'

" 我们听说你订婚了。"

Source: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

" I was afraid that you were engaged."

" 我怕你正忙着。"

Source: The Adventure of the Red-Headed League

It is more than I engage for, I assure you.

老实跟你说吧,这不是我份内的事。

Source: Pride and Prejudice (Original Version)

Of course, we must engage with Moscow.

当然,我们必须和俄罗斯接触。

Source: NPR News August 2018 Compilation

Because we were actively engaged in the process.

因为我们积极参与了这个过程。

Source: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

" Yes. But we weren't engaged, " Nick said.

“是啊。可我们没有订婚,”尼克说。

Source: Selected Short Stories of Hemingway

In fact, they were engaged and stimulated.

实际上,他们都积极参加活动,还从活动中受到启发。

Source: BBC Listening Compilation March 2017

Meaning that they are engaged in combat.

这表明他们将参与作战。

Source: NPR News May 2016 Compilation

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