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engage vt.使忙碌,雇佣,预定,使从事于,使参加 vi.答应,从事,交战,[机]接合,啮合 Engage comes from a French word for pledge. If you agree to marry your sweetheart, you are engaged to marry. If you engage the kid next door to water your plants, she will expect to be paid for it. Engagement is also used to talk about war or conflict. An army engages its enemy in battle, just as you might engage in debate with a traffic cop over whether the light was yellow or red. ★★★☆☆ 2006.5

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[in'geidʒ] Engage means to bind, catch, or involve. If your sink is stopped up, engage, or hire, a plumber to fix it. Otherwise the smell of rotten food in the garbage disposal will engage your attention (in a bad way). Nevertheless, Williams’s suit charges that the casino, knowing he was “helplessly addicted to gambling,” intentionally worked to “lure” him to “engage in conduct against his will.” Well. 1[VERB 动词]参与；从事 If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it.   [V in n]  [FORMAL 正式]I have never engaged in the drug trade...我从未参与过毒品交易。You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.你可以参加南边草坪上的槌球游戏。2[VERB 动词]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.   [V n]They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others.他们从未学过吸引他人注意的技巧。3[VERB 动词]使参与，使参加（谈话） If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them.   [V n in n]They tried to engage him in conversation...他们试图跟他交谈。We want to engage recognized leaders in discussion.我们想和公认的领袖们进行讨论。4[VERB 动词]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.   [V with n]She found it hard to engage with office life...她发现很难适应办公室生活。She had vowed to go out of her way to engage with the Irish people at local community level.她已经发誓要努力和当地的爱尔兰人建立关系。engagementAnd she, too, suffers from a lack of critical engagement with the literary texts.她也因为对文学作品缺乏鉴赏力而非常痛苦。5[VERB 动词]任命；聘用；雇用 If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]We engaged the services of a recognised engineer...我们雇用了一个公认的杰出工程师。He had been able to engage some staff.他已经能够雇用一些员工。6[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（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.   [V]  [V n]Press the lever until you hear the catch engage.压下挡杆，直到听到挡挂好。...a lesson in how to engage the four-wheel drive.如何使四轮驱动啮合的课程7[VERB 动词]与…交战 When a military force engages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle.   [V n]It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes.从这可以避开敌方鱼雷区对敌人发动进攻。8See also:engaged；engaging；

英语单词	engage
英美音标	[in'geidʒ]
中文释义	vt.使忙碌,雇佣,预定,使从事于,使参加 vi.答应,从事,交战,[机]接合,啮合
vocab简明	Engage means to bind, catch, or involve. If your sink is stopped up, engage, or hire, a plumber to fix it. Otherwise the smell of rotten food in the garbage disposal will engage your attention (in a bad way).
vocab扩展	Engage comes from a French word for pledge. If you agree to marry your sweetheart, you are engaged to marry. If you engage the kid next door to water your plants, she will expect to be paid for it. Engagement is also used to talk about war or conflict. An army engages its enemy in battle, just as you might engage in debate with a traffic cop over whether the light was yellow or red.
真题原句	Nevertheless, Williams’s suit charges that the casino, knowing he was “helplessly addicted to gambling,” intentionally worked to “lure” him to “engage in conduct against his will.” Well.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]参与；从事 If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. [V in n] [FORMAL 正式] I have never engaged in the drug trade... 我从未参与过毒品交易。 You can engage in croquet on the south lawn. 你可以参加南边草坪上的槌球游戏。 2 [VERB 动词]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. [V n] They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others. 他们从未学过吸引他人注意的技巧。 3 [VERB 动词]使参与，使参加（谈话） If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them. [V n in n] They tried to engage him in conversation... 他们试图跟他交谈。 We want to engage recognized leaders in discussion. 我们想和公认的领袖们进行讨论。 4 [VERB 动词]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. [V with n] She found it hard to engage with office life... 她发现很难适应办公室生活。 She had vowed to go out of her way to engage with the Irish people at local community level. 她已经发誓要努力和当地的爱尔兰人建立关系。 engagement And she, too, suffers from a lack of critical engagement with the literary texts. 她也因为对文学作品缺乏鉴赏力而非常痛苦。 5 [VERB 动词]任命；聘用；雇用 If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] We engaged the services of a recognised engineer... 我们雇用了一个公认的杰出工程师。 He had been able to engage some staff. 他已经能够雇用一些员工。 6 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（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. [V] [V n] Press the lever until you hear the catch engage. 压下挡杆，直到听到挡挂好。 ...a lesson in how to engage the four-wheel drive. 如何使四轮驱动啮合的课程 7 [VERB 动词]与…交战 When a military force engages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle. [V n] It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes. 从这可以避开敌方鱼雷区对敌人发动进攻。 8 See also:engaged ；engaging ；
来源	2006.5

Engage [V N Verb 动词 Attention Engagement Enemy