engaged

adj. 使用中的，忙碌的

v. 保证；约定；同…订婚（engage的过去分词）

adj.

（指厕所等）有人用的；已订婚的；（指电话）占线的；忙碌的

v.

与某人订婚；保证，约定；从事( engage的过去式和过去分词)；吸引或引起（注意、兴趣等）

英英释义

engaged[ in'ɡeidʒd ]

adj.

having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

"deeply engaged in conversation"

同义词：occupied

involved in military hostilities

"the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"

reserved in advance

同义词：bookedset-aside(p)

(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)

"receptionists' telephones are always engaged"

同义词：busyin use(p)

(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting

"the gears are engaged"

同义词：meshedintermeshed

having services contracted for

"the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"

built against or attached to a wall

"engaged columns"

pledged to be married

"the engaged couple"

同义词：affiancedbespokenbetrothedpledged

词组短语

engaged in从事于；忙于

engaged with与…有事商谈；接洽；忙于；从事于

get engaged订婚

engaged couple已订婚的情侣

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

The professor is engaged in advanced studies.
该教授正进行高深的学术研究。

I couldn't get him as the line was engaged.
因电话占线，我没能挂通他的电话。

Jack and Anne are engaged.
杰克和安妮订婚了。

There were six engaged couples at the party.
宴会席上有六对订婚夫妇。

权威例句

engaged (adj.)

"affianced, betrothed," 1610s, past participle adjective from engage. Of telephone lines from 1891.

1. When an application is asleep, it should look asleep. When an application is awake, it should look awake, and when it’s busy, it should look busy. When the computer is engaged in some significant internal action like performing a complex calculation and connecting to a database, it should be obvious to us that it won’t be quite as responsive as usual.

当一个程序休眠时，应该看上去是休眠的；当一个程序在恢复，看上去应该是恢复中的样子；当一个程序正在运行，它应该看上去是正在运行的状态；当计算机进行某些重要的内部活动，例如执行一项复杂的运算和链接一个数据库时，应该明显地向我们表示，可能不能像平时那样快的反应。

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2. He does wholesale business, while his brother is engaged in retail business.

他经营批发生意, 他弟弟则经营零售生意。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. Early-modern governments were engaged in a precarious hand-to-mouth living.

早期近代的政府也是过着不安定的，收入仅敷支出的日子。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. Countries engaged in war send tendentious reports.

参战国送出宣传性的报告。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. A large proportion of people are engaged in the production of goods.

很多人 [比例相当大的人] 从事商品的生产。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. The trick, then, is to render the solution only in enough detail to provoke engaged consideration, without spending too much time or effort creating renderings that are certain to be modified or abandoned.

因此这里的技巧在于方案中的细节的精细程度只需要足够引起重视和考虑就可以了，而不必把过多的时间和精力花费在日后肯定还是要修改或者放弃的细节上。

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7. What other activities are users engaged in while using the device?

当使用这个设备时，使用者还会从事哪些其他活动或者动作？

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8. By keeping in mind principles of flow and orchestration, your software can keep users engaged at maximum productivity for extended periods of time.

记住了协调和流的原则，你的程序能够让用户以最大的工作效力融入，并维持更多的时间。

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9. Most significantly, a person in a state of flow can be extremely productive, especially when engaged in constructive activities such as engineering, design, development, or writing.

最重要的是，当人们处于流的状态时，是非常高效的。 特别是当进行建设性的活动，如工程、设计、开发或写作时。

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10. Here, the entire computer screen is referred to in a transient manner, while the user is engaged in a sovereign mechanical activity.

在这些情况中，整个的计算机屏幕就是一个暂时的事物，而使用者则处于一个独占的机械活动中。

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