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engagement engagement ★★☆☆☆/ɪnge͟ɪʤmənt/1[N-COUNT	可数名词]约会；约定 An engagement is an arrangement that you have made to do something at a particular time.   [FORMAL 正式]He had an engagement at a restaurant in Greek Street at eight.他8点在希腊街的一个餐厅有个约会。...business-related social engagements.与公事有关的社交约会2[N-COUNT	可数名词]婚约 An engagement is an agreement that two people have made with each other to get married.   [usu sing]I've broken off my engagement to Arthur...我已经解除了与阿瑟的婚约。Announcing our engagement was a relief.宣布婚约让我们松了一口气。3[N-COUNT	可数名词]订婚期 You can refer to the period of time during which two people are engaged as their engagement .   [usu sing]I felt our engagement was quite an unhappy time.我觉得我们订婚期间非常不愉快。4[N-VAR	可变名词]交战；战斗 A military engagement is an armed conflict between two enemies. The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil.宪法禁止他们在外国采取军事行动。5See also:engage；   engagementen‧gage‧ment /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/ ●●○ noun  Entry menu Examples Thesaurus Collocations 1before marriage [countable] an agreement between two people to marry, or the period of time they are engagedengagement of/to Their engagement was announced in the paper. Tony was stunned when Lisa suddenly broke off their engagement (=finished it).engagement ring (=a ring that a man gives a woman to show that they are engaged)2arrangement to do something [countable] an official arrangement to do something, especially one that is related to your workofficial/public/royal etc engagement The princess will continue to carry out royal engagements. This is his only public speaking engagement on the tour. His excuse of a prior engagement was accepted.3involvement [uncountable] when you become involved with someone or something in order to understand themengagement with/in a strategy of engagement and cooperation with China Many students pass without any real engagement in learning.4fighting [countable, uncountable] technical fighting between armies etc:  military rules of engagement5employment [countable, uncountable] formal an official arrangement to employ or pay someone to do a particular job:  Please sign to indicate your acceptance of the terms of engagement.6machine parts [uncountable] the fitting together of the working parts of a machineCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1verbsannounce your engagement (=tell people about it)· The couple are expected to announce their engagement today.break off your engagement (=suddenly end it)· Were you surprised when Toni broke off your engagement?adjectiveslong (=a long period between getting engaged and getting married)· Neither of them wanted a long engagement.short· They were married last month after a short engagement.engagement + NOUNengagement ring· Jerry bought her a beautiful sapphire engagement ring.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbshave an engagement· I don't have any engagements tomorrow.carry out an engagement· Last year, the princess carried out over 300 official engagements.cancel an engagement· He instructed his secretary to cancel all his engagements.adjectivesan official engagement· This is the prime minister's first official engagement since the elections.a public engagement· She appeared with her husband at many public engagements.an important engagement· He had an important engagement with his solicitor.a previous/prior engagement (=one that is already arranged)· I'm sorry I can't be there, but I have a previous engagement.a speaking engagement (=one in which you give a speech)· I've been turning down speaking engagements to concentrate on writing my memoirs.

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Collins	engagement ★★☆☆☆ /ɪnge͟ɪʤmənt/ 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]约会；约定 An engagement is an arrangement that you have made to do something at a particular time. [FORMAL 正式] He had an engagement at a restaurant in Greek Street at eight. 他8点在希腊街的一个餐厅有个约会。 ...business-related social engagements. 与公事有关的社交约会 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]婚约 An engagement is an agreement that two people have made with each other to get married. [usu sing] I've broken off my engagement to Arthur... 我已经解除了与阿瑟的婚约。 Announcing our engagement was a relief. 宣布婚约让我们松了一口气。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]订婚期 You can refer to the period of time during which two people are engaged as their engagement . [usu sing] I felt our engagement was quite an unhappy time. 我觉得我们订婚期间非常不愉快。 4 [N-VAR 可变名词]交战；战斗 A military engagement is an armed conflict between two enemies. The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil. 宪法禁止他们在外国采取军事行动。 5 See also:engage ；
Oxford	en·gage·ment / ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt ; NAmE ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt / noun before marriage 婚前 1 [countable ] an agreement to marry sb; the period during which two people are engaged 订婚；订婚期间 ◆ Their engagement was announced in the local paper. 他们订婚的消息已在当地报纸上公布。 engagement(to sb) ◆ She has broken off her engagementto Charles. 她已解除同查尔斯的婚约。 ◆ an engagement party 订婚宴会 ◆ a long/short engagement 长╱短婚约期 arrangement to do sth 约定 2 [countable ] an arrangement to do sth at a particular time, especially sth official or sth connected with your job （尤指正式的或与工作有关的）约定，约会，预约 ◆ an engagement book/diary 预约簿╱日志 ◆ He has a number of social engagements next week. 他下周有几次社交约会。 ◆ It was her first official engagement. 那是她第一次正式约会。 ◆ I had to refuse because of a prior engagement. 我因为已经有预约只好拒绝了。 fighting 战斗 3 [countable , uncountable ] ( technical 术语 ) fighting between two armies, etc. 战斗；交战 ◆ The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy. 将军竭力避免与敌军交火。 being involved 联系 4 [uncountable ] engagement(with sb/sth) ( formal) being involved with sb/sth in an attempt to understand them/it （与…的）密切关系；（对…的）了解 ◆ Her views are based on years of engagement with the problems of the inner city. 她的观点是以多年对内城区问题的了解为基础的。 employment 雇用 5 [uncountable , countable ] ( BrE) an arrangement to employ sb; the process of employing sb 雇用；聘用 ◆ The terms of engagement are to be agreed in writing. 聘用条款应有书面协议。 engagement engagements en·gage·ment / ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt ; NAmE ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt /
LDC	engagementen‧gage‧ment /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/ ●●○ noun Entry menu Examples Thesaurus Collocations 1before marriage [countable] an agreement between two people to marry, or the period of time they are engagedengagement of/to Their engagement was announced in the paper. Tony was stunned when Lisa suddenly broke off their engagement (=finished it).engagement ring (=a ring that a man gives a woman to show that they are engaged)2arrangement to do something [countable] an official arrangement to do something, especially one that is related to your workofficial/public/royal etc engagement The princess will continue to carry out royal engagements. This is his only public speaking engagement on the tour. His excuse of a prior engagement was accepted.3involvement [uncountable] when you become involved with someone or something in order to understand themengagement with/in a strategy of engagement and cooperation with China Many students pass without any real engagement in learning.4fighting [countable, uncountable] technical fighting between armies etc: military rules of engagement5employment [countable, uncountable] formal an official arrangement to employ or pay someone to do a particular job: Please sign to indicate your acceptance of the terms of engagement.6machine parts [uncountable] the fitting together of the working parts of a machineCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1verbsannounce your engagement (=tell people about it)· The couple are expected to announce their engagement today.break off your engagement (=suddenly end it)· Were you surprised when Toni broke off your engagement?adjectiveslong (=a long period between getting engaged and getting married)· Neither of them wanted a long engagement.short· They were married last month after a short engagement.engagement + NOUNengagement ring· Jerry bought her a beautiful sapphire engagement ring.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbshave an engagement· I don't have any engagements tomorrow.carry out an engagement· Last year, the princess carried out over 300 official engagements.cancel an engagement· He instructed his secretary to cancel all his engagements.adjectivesan official engagement· This is the prime minister's first official engagement since the elections.a public engagement· She appeared with her husband at many public engagements.an important engagement· He had an important engagement with his solicitor.a previous/prior engagement (=one that is already arranged)· I'm sorry I can't be there, but I have a previous engagement.a speaking engagement (=one in which you give a speech)· I've been turning down speaking engagements to concentrate on writing my memoirs.
WDF	engagement [ɪnˈgeɪdʒmənt] CET4CET6TEM4考研IELTS n3842 8684 1039 907 1270 1041 4427 NOUN2320 570934 Spoken: 253314053 engagements[827] 订婚(53%)，婚约(20%)，约会(15%)，约定(5%)，交战(5%)，雇用(2%) n.婚约；约会；交战；诺言 n.参与度（指用户点赞、转发、评论、下载文档、观看视频、咨询等交互行为）

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