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engage v.雇佣；啮合；与……交战；答应；订婚；预定；参加；从事 (1) 餐馆决定雇用一名流行歌手。(2) 如果大齿轮与小齿轮不相啮合的话，机器就不会工作。(3) 我们的命令是立即(与敌军)开战。(4) 如果你答应出资本，我答应经管这个生意。(5) 杰克和安妮订婚了。(6) 我已经在这个旅馆里预订了一个房间。(7) 我没时间参加辩论。(8) 我这样的年纪积极参加体育活动是否明智？(9) 他们从事音乐研究。(10) 从事脑力劳动的人也是劳动者。 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.

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英 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ] 美 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ] (1) The restaurant decide to engage a pop singer.(2) If the big gear did not engage with the small one,the machine would refuse to work.(3) Our orders are to engage (the enemy) immediately.(4) I will engage to manage the business if you will engage to provide the capital.(5) Jack and Anne are engaged.(6) I have engaged a room at this hotel.(7) I have no time to engage in the debate.(8) Is it wise to engage in active sports at your age?(9) They engage in the study of music.(10) Those who engage in mental work are also workers. 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). 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	英 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ] 美 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ]
中文释义	v.雇佣；啮合；与……交战；答应；订婚；预定；参加；从事
英语例句	(1) The restaurant decide to engage a pop singer. (2) If the big gear did not engage with the small one,the machine would refuse to work. (3) Our orders are to engage (the enemy) immediately. (4) I will engage to manage the business if you will engage to provide the capital. (5) Jack and Anne are engaged. (6) I have engaged a room at this hotel. (7) I have no time to engage in the debate. (8) Is it wise to engage in active sports at your age? (9) They engage in the study of music. (10) Those who engage in mental work are also workers.
中文例句	(1) 餐馆决定雇用一名流行歌手。 (2) 如果大齿轮与小齿轮不相啮合的话，机器就不会工作。 (3) 我们的命令是立即(与敌军)开战。 (4) 如果你答应出资本，我答应经管这个生意。 (5) 杰克和安妮订婚了。 (6) 我已经在这个旅馆里预订了一个房间。 (7) 我没时间参加辩论。 (8) 我这样的年纪积极参加体育活动是否明智？ (9) 他们从事音乐研究。 (10) 从事脑力劳动的人也是劳动者。
vocabulary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).
vocabulary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.
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 ；

Engage [V N Verb 动词 I Attention Machine