1. 保证，担保
2. 参加，卷入
3. （使）从事，（使）忙于
4. （使）订婚
5. 答应，允诺，约定
6. 吸引住（注意力、兴趣）
7. 占用
8. （与...）交战，与（某人）开战，交手，进攻
9. 预订
10. 束缚，约束
11. 雇用，聘用
12. 接合，（使）啮合
13. 与…建立密切关系
14. 尽力理解

1. “誓约”（美国制造的扫雷舰）

1. vt. 吸引,占用 attract; catch and hold attention
2. vt. & vi. (使)从事于,(使)忙于 take part in; busy oneself with
3. vt. 雇,聘 hire; employ; get the right to use or occupy; reserve
4. vt. 使订婚 be bound by a promise to marry
5. vt. & vi. 允诺; 保证 promise; guarantee

1. carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in;

   "She pursued many activities"
   "They engaged in a discussion"
   

2. consume all of one's attention or time;

   "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
   

3. engage or hire for work;

   "They hired two new secretaries in the department"
   "How many people has she employed?"
   

4. ask to represent; of legal counsel;

   "I'm retaining a lawyer"
   

5. give to in marriage

6. get caught;

   "make sure the gear is engaged"
   

7. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns);

   "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
   

8. hire for work or assistance;

   "engage aid, help, services, or support"
   

9. engage for service under a term of contract;

   "We took an apartment on a quiet street"
   "Let's rent a car"
   "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
   

10. keep engaged;

    "engaged the gears"
    

1.参与;从事
If youengage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it.

e.g. I have never engaged in the drug trade...
我从未参与过毒品交易。
e.g. You canengage in croquet on the south lawn.
你可以参加南边草坪上的槌球游戏。

2.吸引（人）;引起（注意、兴趣）
If somethingengages you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it.

e.g. They never learned skills toengage the attention of the others.
他们从未学过吸引他人注意的技巧。

3.使参与，使参加（谈话）
If youengage someonein conversation, you have a conversation with them.

e.g. They tried toengage him in conversation...
他们试图跟他交谈。
e.g. We want toengage recognized leaders in discussion.
我们想和公认的领袖们进行讨论。

4.适应；（与…）建立密切关系
If youengage with something orwith 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.

engage什么意思

e.g. She found it hard toengage with office life...
她发现很难适应办公室生活。
e.g. She had vowed to go out of her way toengage with the Irish people at local community level.
她已经发誓要努力和当地的爱尔兰人建立关系。

5.任命;聘用;雇用
If youengage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it.

engage

e.g. We engaged the services of a recognised engineer...
我们雇用了一个公认的杰出工程师。
e.g. He had been able toengage some staff.
他已经能够雇用一些员工。

6.（使）啮合;（使）咬合
When a part of a machine or other mechanismengages or when youengage it, it moves into a position where it fits into something else.

e.g. Press the lever until you hear the catchengage.
压下挡杆，直到听到挡挂好。
e.g. ...a lesson in how toengage the four-wheel drive.
如何使四轮驱动啮合的课程

7.与…交战
When a military forceengages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle.

e.g. It couldengage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes.
从这可以避开敌方鱼雷区对敌人发动进攻。

8. see also: engaged;engaging

1. 接合：本离合作动器是以电马达经减速机构减速,再转换成直线运动,以推动离合器释放轴承之轴向位移,而控制离合器之接合(engage)及分离(disengage). AcMT之控制共分成三个主要的部分:一是转速、类比及排档讯号撷取、二是离合器咬合控制、三是操作模式及离合器模态.

2. engage是什么意思

2.engage：eng; 啮合

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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6. Can you come on Sunday?No,I'm engaged.
   你星期日能来吗?不能,我已有约了。
7. Please wait a minute, he is engaged just now.
   请稍等一会儿,他正有事呢。
8. Tom and Mary are engaged.
   汤姆和玛丽订婚了。
9. 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。
10. He is engaged at a bank.
    他受雇于一家银行。
11. The typist is engaged for a week on trial.
    那位打字员被试用一周。

1. Can you engage that all his statements are trustworthy?
   你能担保他的话都可靠吗?

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。

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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3. He was engaged to be married to her.
   他跟她订过婚。

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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3. The old man was engaged as a guide.
   那位老人被雇用为向导。

engage for (v.+prep.)

允诺; 保证 promise; guarantee
engage 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 with
engage 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 sb
be 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 other
engage with sb

Our ships have engaged with the enemy.

我们的舰船已与敌人交战。

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

  出自：A. Fraser

1. engage的基本意思是“约定”,即凭借契约、誓言或诺言等约束人或事。用于约束别人,即表示“雇”“聘”; 用于约束自己,则表示“许诺”“保证”。这种允诺可信,有约束力,并将履行一段时间,如“订婚”等。引申可表示“占用,吸引,引起”或“使忙于,使从事”等。
2. engage主要用作及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语。作“雇,聘”解时可以接以as短语充当补足语的复合宾语。作“保证”解时可接for+名词或that从句,也可接oneself+to- v 构成的复合结构。
3. engage接介词in可表示“参加”; 接介词with可表示“交战”; 表示“订婚”则接介词to。

1. engage表示“使某人订婚”，be engaged to sb表示“跟某人订婚”。

   When did he become engaged to her?
   他跟她什么时候订婚？

2. 不加介词时engage表示“雇佣”的意思；
3. be engaged in和engage in的比较：一般来说，两者意思相似，不过前者强调状态，后者强调行为。但在表示一时的行为时，两者有所不同。

   He is engaged in a game of tennis.
   他现在从事于打网球。

   He engages in a game of tennis every morning．
   他每天早晨忙于打网球。

engage, hire

engage和hire都可表示“雇用”。其区别在于:

1.engage的宾语只能是人,而hire的宾语可以是物。例如:

We hire out vans by the day.我们的货车按日出租。

I've engaged him as my new assistant.我已聘他为我的新助手。

2.engage的对象一般有一技之长,而hire的对象则可以是“力工”等。例如:

He hires out as a house painter in the summer.他在夏天受雇当房屋油漆工。

He engaged a lawyer to argue his case in court.他请了一位律师来为他出庭辩护。

3.engage所指的雇用时限一般较长,而hire可指短期雇用。例如:

He hired himself to work in the fields for one summer.他曾受雇在田里干一个夏天的活。

He engaged a new secretary.他聘用了一名新秘书。

engage, contract, covenant, pledge, promise

这组词都有“允诺”的意思。其区别是：

promise指作出口头或书面的许诺,但仅指主观意愿,并不暗示一定能实现或有实现的基础; engage指在正式或重大场合用誓言、条约等许下有约束力的诺言或作出可以信赖的保证,尤指订婚; pledge指用行动或言语作出庄严的许诺或正式保证; covenant指订立双方或多方共同遵守的协议; contract指订立慎重并且通常有法律效力的合同或协议。例如:

Our son is engaged to a nice young girl.我们的儿子已跟一位漂亮的女孩订了婚。

I covenant to pay 5000 pounds a year to help rebuild the college.我立约保证每年将付5000英镑帮助重建学院。

They have pledged that any detail given to them will remain confidential.他们已保证,给他们提供的任何细节将予以保密。

Many councils are contracting out services such as rubbish collection to private companies as a way of cutting costs.许多市政会把垃圾收集这样的服务项目包给私人公司以减少费用。

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的en gage，意为在……承诺上；最初源自古日耳曼语的wadiare，意为承诺。