engage
柯林斯词典
1. V-I If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. 从事[正式]
I have never engaged in drug trafficking. 我从来没有从事过贩毒。
2. V-T If something engages you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it. 吸引
They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others. 他们从来没有学过吸引别人注意的技巧。
3. V-T If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them. 使加入
They tried to engage him in conversation. 他们试图使他加入谈话。
4. V-I 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. 使融入
She found it hard to engage with office life. 她发现难以融入办公室生活。
5. engagementN-UNCOUNT 密切关系
...the candidate's apparent lack of engagement with younger voters. …该候选人明显缺乏与年轻选民的接触。
6. V-T If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it. 聘[正式]
We engaged the services of a famous engineer. 我们聘了一位有名的工程师来帮忙。
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engage /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ (engaging,engaged,engages)
剑桥词典
- We've recently engaged a cleaner .
- She has been known to engage the services of a professional shopper .
- For these services he would otherwise have to engage a psychotherapist .
- A professional coach was immediately engaged.
- 240 stewards were engaged to ensure that the game went smoothly .
- The subject doesn't engage me.
- For some reason the film failed to engage my interest .
- We're always looking out for new subjects that will engage our readers .
- The debate fails to engage him intellectually.
- He was examining his fingernails , one of which seemed to engage his attention .
engage verb (EMPLOY)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ] mainlyUK formal
to employ someone雇用;聘用
[ 动词后面接一个带to的不定式 ] I have engaged a secretary to deal with all my paperwork . 我雇用了一名秘书来处理我全部的文书工作。
We're engaging the services of a professional administrator . 我们将聘用专业管理人员为我们服务。
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engage verb (INTEREST)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ] formalto interest someone in something and keep them thinking about it
吸引住,使感兴趣
The debate about food safety has engaged the whole nation . 关于食品安全的争论引起了全国关注。
If a book doesn't engage my interest in the first few pages , I don't usually continue reading it. 如果一本书的前几页不能引起我的兴趣,通常我就不再往下读了。
例句
engage verb (FIT TOGETHER)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to make one part of a machine fit into and move together with another part of a machine
(使)(机器)啮合,接合,衔接
When the large gear wheel engages (with the smaller one), the mill stone will start to go round. 当大齿轮(与小齿轮)啮合时,石磨就开始转动。
engage verb (BEGIN FIGHTING)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ] military specializedto attack or begin to fight someone
进攻;(与…)交战,(与…)开战
Enemy planes engaged the troops as they advanced into the mountains . 部队进山的时候,敌机开始对他们发起攻击。
engage verb (TEACH)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ] Indian Englishto teach someone, especially a class of children , or to keep someone busy
教(儿童);使忙于,使参加