engagement

英 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒmənt] 美 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒmənt]

• n. 约会；约定；订婚；婚约；雇用；交战；(机器零件等)啮合

engagement的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

详尽释义

n. (名词)

1. 约会
2. 雇用，雇用期，聘用
3. 婚约，订婚
4. 约定，预约
5. 【军】交战，战斗
6. 诺言，保证
7. 【机】啮合
8. 债务
9. 约束
10. 契约
11. 义务

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]订婚,婚约 an agreement to marry
2. [C]约会,约定 an arrangement to meet sb or to do sth

英英释义

Noun:

1. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;

   "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"
   "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
   

2. a meeting arranged in advance;

   "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
   

3. a mutual promise to marry

4. the act of giving someone a job

5. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time;

   "the play had bookings throughout the summer"
   

6. contact by fitting together;

   "the engagement of the clutch"
   "the meshing of gears"
   

7. the act of sharing in the activities of a group;

   "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
   

engagement的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I have numerous engagements for next year.
   我明年有许多约会。
2. Fidelity to engagement is a virtue.
   信守诺言是一种美德。
3. Their engagement was announced in the papers.
   他们订婚的消息登报了。
4. He broke off his engagement to her.
   他对她解除了婚约。
5. The terms of engagement are to be agreed in writing.
   聘用条款应有书面协议。
6. The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy.
   那位将军竭力避免与敌军交战。
7. Engagement is the state or act of interlocking.
   啮合是互锁的状态或动作。
8. Apply strap wrench make-up of no more than one to two turns beyong finger tight thread engagement.
   在手指旋转使螺纹啮合无间隙后，再用带式扳手旋转不要超过一至两圈。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• announce〔break off〕 an engagement 宣布〔解除〕婚约
• cancel an engagement 取消聚会
• keep one's engagement 守约

形容词+～

• previous〔prior〕 engagement 有约在先
• short engagement 短暂的约会
• social engagement 社交约会

～+介词

• engagement for… 的约会
• engagement with sb 与某人的约会

经典引文

• Another method of effecting engagement..by wheels in rolling contact.

  出自： W. J. M. Rankine

• Within three weeks of our engagement..we were married.

  出自： S. Spender

• He broke off his engagement.

  出自： A. Storr

engagement的相关资料：

近反义词

【近义词】

• appointment

【反义词】

• non-engagement 不参与
• disengagement 解脱