音标:[in'geidʒ] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
vi. 答应, 从事, 交战
vt. 使忙碌, 雇佣, 预定, 使从事于, 使参加
v. ask to represent; of legal counsel
v. get caught
v. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
v. hire for work or assistance
词型变化:过去分词 : engaged ; 过去式 : engaged ; 现在分词 : engaging ; 第三人称单数 : engages
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engage的用法和样例:

例句

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

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. He has engaged a new secretary.他已雇了一位新秘书。
  2. I've engaged a room at the hotel.我已经在旅馆里预订了一个房间。
  3. Bright colours engage a baby's attention.鲜艳的颜色引起婴孩的注意。
  4. The spots of blood on the floor engaged the attention of the police.地板上的血迹引起了警察的注意。
  5. Housework engages much of her time.家务事占用了她很多时间。
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  7. Can you come on Sunday?No,I'm engaged.你星期日能来吗?不能,我已有约了。
  8. Please wait a minute, he is engaged just now.请稍等一会儿,他正有事呢。
  9. Tom and Mary are engaged.汤姆和玛丽订婚了。
  10. Her attention was engaged by the display of new hats in the shop window.商店橱窗里展出的新式帽子吸引了她的注意力。
  11. He is engaged at a bank.他受雇于一家银行。
  12. The typist is engaged for a week on trial.那位打字员被试用一周。
S+~+that-clause
  1. Can you engage that all his statements are trustworthy?你能担保他的话都可靠吗?
S+~+to- v
  1. He engaged to read the book.他答应看这本书。
  2. I will engage to be there on time.我保证准时到那儿。
  3. The company had engaged to finish the building by May.公司保证大楼在5月份完工。
用作宾补动词S+~+ pron./n. +to- v
  1. He engaged himself to pay back the money.他保证还钱。
  2. She engaged herself to attend the meeting.她答应一定去参加会议。
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  4. He was engaged to be married to her.他跟她订过婚。
S+~+ n./pron. +as n.
  1. He engaged Mary as a secretary.他聘玛丽当秘书。
  2. Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
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  4. The old man was engaged as a guide.那位老人被雇用为向导。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
engage for (v.+prep.)
    允诺; 保证 promise; guaranteeengage for sth

    I will engage for his behaviour should you decide to employ him.

    如果你能决定雇用他,那么我可以担保他的行为。

    I can engage for his honesty.

    我保证他为人诚实。

engage in (v.+prep.)
    参加; 从事; 忙于 make sb join with one in sth; busy oneself withengage in sth

    I have no time to engage in the debate.

    我没时间参加辩论。

    He engaged in a serious study of the problem.

    他对这个问题进行了认真的研究。

    be engaged in sth/v-ing

    My family has been engaged in farming for generations.

    我家几代都从事农业。

engage to (v.+prep.)
    订婚 be promised in marriage to sbbe engage to sb

    He was engaged to my sister.

    他和我妹妹订婚了。

    I am engaged to Mr. Worthing,mama.

    妈妈,我与沃森先生订婚了。

engage with (v.+prep.)
    交战attack each otherengage with sb

    Our ships have engaged with the enemy.

    我们的舰船已与敌人交战。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • engage a hall租下大厅
  • engage a room预订房间
~+副词
  • engage at once立即开始
  • engage actively积极从事
  • engage busily忙于
  • engage exclusively全力从事
  • engage hotly热情地聘请
  • engage ordinarily通常地聘请
  • engage successfully成功地聘请
~+介词
  • engage as聘请为…
  • engage sb as adviser聘请某人当顾问
  • engage for应允,保证,约定
  • engage for sb's good behaviour保证某人行为端正
  • engage for sb's honesty保证某人诚实
  • engage in从事,忙于,参加
  • engage in animal husbandry从事畜牧业工作
  • engage in a discussion进行讨论
  • engage in making clothes忙于做衣服
  • engage on着手,从事
  • engage oneself to答应和某人订婚,约束(自己),担保
  • engage with忙于接待〔应付〕,和(敌人)交战
  • engage with the enemy和敌军交战
  • engage with a visitor陪客人

经典引文

  • He would engage his soul for the reliability of all present.

    出自:A. Fraser
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