engage
engage 英 [ɪnˈgeɪdʒ] 美 [ɪn'gedʒ]
vt. 忙于，投入（缠斗）；啮合
进行时:engaging 过去式:engaged 过去分词:engaged 第三人称单数:engages
- 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).
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- vt. 忙于，投入（缠斗）；啮合
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1. It is a movie that engages both the mind and the eye.
这是一部令人赏心悦目的影片。
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2. He is currently engaged as a consultant.
他现在受雇为顾问。
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3. She has the ability to engage with young minds.
她能够与年轻人心意相通。
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4. to engage the enemy
与敌人交战
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5. The cogwheels are not engaging.
齿轮未啮合在一起。
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6. One cogwheel engages with the next.
齿轮一个个啮合在一起。
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7. Even in prison, he continued to engage in criminal activities.
他甚至在监狱里还继续从事犯罪活动。
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8. She tried to engage him in conversation.
她试着要他跟她谈话。
- engage (v.) early 15c., "to pledge" (something, as security for payment), from Old French engagier "bind (by promise or oath), pledge; pawn" (12c.), from phrase en gage "under pledge," from en "in" (see en- (1)) + gage "pledge," through Frankish from Proto-Germanic *wadiare "pledge" (see wed). It shows the common evolution of Germanic -w- to central French -g- (see gu-).
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