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engaged adj.忙碌的；使用中的；订婚了的 (1) 该教授正进行高深的学术研究。(2) 因电话占线，我没能挂通他的电话。(3) 杰克和安妮订婚了。(4) 宴会席上有六对订婚夫妇。 If you're busy or involved with something, you're engaged in it. A formal reply to an invitation to lunch might be, "I'm sorry, I'm otherwise engaged" — meaning you already have plans. Engaged often describes people who have committed to getting married. You can see this meaning in the word's origin, the French word engagier, meaning "to pledge."

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英 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒd] 美 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒd] (1) The professor is engaged in advanced studies.(2) I couldn't get him as the line was engaged.(3) Jack and Anne are engaged.(4) There were six engaged couples at the party. Engaged means fully occupied or having your full attention. An engaged reader really focuses on the words and maybe even jots down questions or comments in the pages' margins. 1[ADJ 形容词]从事…的；忙于…的 Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing.   [v-link ADJ in/on n]  [FORMAL 正式]They found the three engaged in target practice.他们发现那3个人在练习打靶。...the various projects he was engaged on.他参与的各种项目2[ADJ 形容词]订婚的 When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other.   [usu v-link ADJ]We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday...在我18岁生日那天我们订婚了。He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman.他和朱莉娅·玛丽亚·博德曼小姐订婚了。...the engaged couple.那对订婚的情侣3[ADJ 形容词]（电话）占线的 If a telephone or a telephone line is engaged, it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning.   [v-link ADJ]  [BRIT 英]The line is engaged...电话占线。We tried to call you back but you were engaged.我们试着给你回电，但是你正在通话中。in AM, use 美国英语用 busy4[ADJ 形容词]（公共厕所）被占用的，使用中的 If a public toilet is engaged, it is already being used by someone else.   [v-link ADJ]  [BRIT 英]in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 occupied

英语单词	engaged
英美音标	英 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒd] 美 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒd]
中文释义	adj.忙碌的；使用中的；订婚了的
英语例句	(1) The professor is engaged in advanced studies. (2) I couldn't get him as the line was engaged. (3) Jack and Anne are engaged. (4) There were six engaged couples at the party.
中文例句	(1) 该教授正进行高深的学术研究。 (2) 因电话占线，我没能挂通他的电话。 (3) 杰克和安妮订婚了。 (4) 宴会席上有六对订婚夫妇。
vocabulary简明	Engaged means fully occupied or having your full attention. An engaged reader really focuses on the words and maybe even jots down questions or comments in the pages' margins.
vocabulary扩展	If you're busy or involved with something, you're engaged in it. A formal reply to an invitation to lunch might be, "I'm sorry, I'm otherwise engaged" — meaning you already have plans. Engaged often describes people who have committed to getting married. You can see this meaning in the word's origin, the French word engagier, meaning "to pledge."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]从事…的；忙于…的 Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing. [v-link ADJ in/on n] [FORMAL 正式] They found the three engaged in target practice. 他们发现那3个人在练习打靶。 ...the various projects he was engaged on. 他参与的各种项目 2 [ADJ 形容词]订婚的 When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. [usu v-link ADJ] We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday... 在我18岁生日那天我们订婚了。 He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman. 他和朱莉娅·玛丽亚·博德曼小姐订婚了。 ...the engaged couple. 那对订婚的情侣 3 [ADJ 形容词]（电话）占线的 If a telephone or a telephone line is engaged, it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning. [v-link ADJ] [BRIT 英] The line is engaged... 电话占线。 We tried to call you back but you were engaged. 我们试着给你回电，但是你正在通话中。 in AM, use 美国英语用 busy 4 [ADJ 形容词]（公共厕所）被占用的，使用中的 If a public toilet is engaged, it is already being used by someone else. [v-link ADJ] [BRIT 英] in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 occupied

Engaged Adj 形容词 Line Meaning [V Link Occupied Busy