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

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

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

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"
   

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。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Have you heard that John has broken off his engagement to Mary?
   你听说约翰已和玛丽解除婚约了吗?
2. I can't see you on Monday because I have a previous engagement.
   星期一我不能见你,因为我有约在先。
3. I have several engagements for next week.
   我下周有好几个约会。

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

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

词义辨析

battle，war，campaign，struggle，warfare，fight，combat，engagement

• 这些名词均有“战斗，战争”之意。
• battle侧重指战争中的一次较全面、时间较长的战斗，也指陆军或海军在某一特定地区进行的战斗，或个人之间的争斗。
• war是战争的总称，一般指包括多个战役的大规模战争。
• campaign通常指在一场大的战争中在某一地区进行的一连串有既定目的的军事行动。也可作引申用。
• struggle指激烈或时间持续长的战斗或奋力斗争。
• warfare侧重指战争状态或具体的作战方法。
• fight最普通用词，含义广，指战斗、斗争或打斗。
• combat泛指军事行动，尤指小规模的战斗，甚至是格斗。
• engagement指交战，交火。

近反义词

【近义词】

• appointment

【反义词】

• non-engagement 不参与
• disengagement 解脱