engagement

n. 婚约；约会；交战；诺言

n.

订婚，婚约；约会；约定，契约；雇用

变形

复数：engagements

双语释义

[C]订婚,婚约 an agreement to marry

[C]约会,约定 an arrangement to meet sb or to do sth

英英释义

engagement

n.

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

"he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"

同义词：battleconflictfight

a meeting arranged in advance

同义词：dateappointment

a mutual promise to marry

同义词：betrothaltroth

the act of giving someone a job

同义词：employment

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

同义词：booking

contact by fitting together

"the engagement of the clutch"

同义词：meshmeshinginterlocking

the act of sharing in the activities of a group

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

同义词：participationinvolvementinvolution

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

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“战斗，战争”的意思，其区别是：

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。

fight最普通用词，含义广，指战斗、斗争或打斗。

struggle指激烈或时间持续长的战斗或奋力斗争。

combat泛指军事行动，尤指小规模的战斗，甚至是格斗。

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。

warfare侧重指战争状态或具体的作战方法。

war是战争的总称，一般指包括多个战役的大规模战争。

engagement指交战，交火。

这组词都有“约会”的意思，其区别是：

date主要指朋友之间的随便约见或男女之间的约会。

appointment通常指严格根据时间表上预约的时间进行的约见或约会，其目的主要是讨论公事或业务问题。

engagement普通用词，可与本组的另外两个词换用。泛指任何商定的地点和时间见面，专指针对某一目的约会。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

I have numerous engagements for next year.
我明年有许多约会。

Fidelity to engagement is a virtue.
信守诺言是一种美德。

Their engagement was announced in the papers.
他们订婚的消息登报了。

He broke off his engagement to her.
他对她解除了婚约。

The terms of engagement are to be agreed in writing.
聘用条款应有书面协议。

The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy.
那位将军竭力避免与敌军交战。

Engagement is the state or act of interlocking.
啮合是互锁的状态或动作。

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。

权威例句

engagement (n.)

1620s, "formal promise," from engage + -ment. Meaning "a battle or fight between armies or fleets" is from 1660s; sense of "state of having entered into a promise of marriage" is from 1742; meaning "appointment" is from 1806. Engagement ring attested by 1863.

1. He broke off his engagement to her.

他和她解除了婚约。

2. He pretexted an early engagement in town the next morning.

他借口明天早晨在城里有约会。

《21世纪大英汉词典》

3. When Mary broke off the engagement, John seemed to go into a flat spin.

玛丽毁除婚约，约翰似乎神经失常。

《新英汉大辞典》

4. Besides the interview on the day of the engagement, we have heard nothing from either him or from Kate.

除了订婚那天的采访之外，我们再没听到有关他或者凯特的任何消息。

5. It was only an engagement party!

那只是一次订婚聚会！

6. It was an engagement party, and all the kids tried to peek inside.

它是一场订婚聚会，所有的孩子都想往里面偷看。

7. And through our broader emphasis on Muslim engagement, we willcommunicate our commitment to support the aspirations of all people forsecurity and opportunity.

通过与穆斯林的广泛约定，我们会传播我们的承诺，即支持所有人对安全和机会的期望。

8. It must be an active understanding fostered through dialogue and positive engagement with others.

它必须是通过对话及与他人进行正面接触建立一种积极的理解。

9. The next level of engagement involves operating directly with engines and abstractions of source code and compiled code.

下一种级别的约定包括直接执行引擎、源文件的抽象，以及编译后的代码。

10. Focus on engagement and relationship building all the time.

始终把精力集中在接触和关系建设上。

11. We will do so as a partner — through the broader engagement that I’ve discussed today.

我们将作为合作伙伴这样做——通过我今天谈到的更广泛的接触。

12. Their engagement is off.

他们的婚约取消了。

13. I bought her an expensive engagement ring.

我给她买了一个很贵的订婚戒指。

14. But to this day I do not know what strange impulse made me take George to see her and to tell her, before I had confided in another living soul, of our engagement.

至今我仍不知道那是一种什么样的奇异动力，使我在还没有透露给别人之前就把乔治领去看望姑姑，告诉她我们已经订婚的消息。

15. It all begins with engagement.Traditionally, a young man asks the father of his sweetheart for permission to marry the father agrees, the man later proposes to her.

结婚是从订婚开始，在传统上，年轻人会请求他的女朋友的父亲允许他娶她，如果女方的父亲答应，之后方可向女方求婚。

16. And yet the success of that engagement depends upon understanding -- on sustaining an open dialogue, and learning about one another and from one another.

可是，这种接触的成功取决于理解，取决于继续进行开诚布公的对话，相互了解，相互学习。

17. "I wanted my engagement ring to have put labor and materials to good use rather than wrecking things," he said by telephone.

“我希望自己的订婚戒指合理地利用劳动力和原材料，而不具有剥削和破坏性”他在电话中说。

18. But when Iran did not seize the opportunity that we offered, we backed up our words on the other track of our engagement strategy with the sanctions.

但是，当伊朗没有抓住我们提供的机会时，我们就走了我们接触战略的另一条轨道，并以制裁兑现我们说过的话。

19. It all begins with engagement.

一切从订婚开始。

20. May cupid arrest you and lock your finger with an engagement ring.

愿丘比特逮捕你，并用一枚订婚戒指锁住你的手指。

21. We have sought -- in word and deed -- a new era of engagement with the world.

我们通过自己的言辞和行动，希望开辟与全世界进行接触的新时代。

22. While some see China as a threat that must be countered or contained, I believe that the only path to success with China is through engagement.

尽管有些人将中国视为一个必须抗衡或遏制的威胁，但我相信与中国的关系获得成功的唯一途径是接触。

23. While some see China as a threat that must be countered or contained, I believe that the only path to success with China is through engagement.

尽管有些人将中国视为一个必须抗衡或遏制的威胁，但我相信与中国的关系获得成功的唯一途径是接触。