engage
动词 v.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To interact socially.; To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
— Thus ſhall mankind his guardian care engage, / The promis'd father of the future age.
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To interact socially.; To draw into conversation.
— the difficult task of engaging him in conversation
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To interact socially.; To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
— This humanity and good nature engages every body to him, so that when he is pleasant upon any of them all his family are in a good humour, and none so much as the person whom he diverts himself with: […]
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To interact antagonistically.; To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
— 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs a favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy
- To interact antagonistically.; To enter into battle.
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To interact contractually.; To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
— For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.
- To interact contractually.; To guarantee or promise (to do something).
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To interact contractually.; To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
— They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year.
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To interact contractually.; To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
— Thou that doest liue in later times, must wage / Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage.
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To interact mechanically.; To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
— Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out.
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To interact mechanically.; To come into gear with.
— The teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another.
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To interact mechanically.; To activate a lock.
— He engaged the lock on the door.
- To entangle.
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Frankish *anwadjōn (“to pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *an-, *andi- + Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge, secure”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- + gage. Cognate with Old English anwedd (“pledge, security”), Old English weddian (“to engage, covenant, undertake”), German wetten (“to bet, wager”), Icelandic veðja (“to wager”). More at wed.
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