engage

英 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ] 美 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ]

• v. 雇佣；啮合；与……交战；答应；订婚；预定；参加；从事

双解释义

v. (动词)

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

详尽释义

v. 动词

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

n. 名词

1. “誓约”（美国制造的扫雷舰）

英英释义

Verb:

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"
    

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The restaurant decide to engage a pop singer.
   餐馆决定雇用一名流行歌手。
2. If the big gear did not engage with the small one,the machine would refuse to work.
   如果大齿轮与小齿轮不相啮合的话，机器就不会工作。
3. Our orders are to engage (the enemy) immediately.
   我们的命令是立即(与敌军)开战。
4. I will engage to manage the business if you will engage to provide the capital.
   如果你答应出资本，我答应经管这个生意。
5. Jack and Anne are engaged.
   杰克和安妮订婚了。
6. I have engaged a room at this hotel.
   我已经在这个旅馆里预订了一个房间。
7. I have no time to engage in the debate.
   我没时间参加辩论。
8. Is it wise to engage in active sports at your age?
   我这样的年纪积极参加体育活动是否明智？
9. They engage in the study of music.
   他们从事音乐研究。
10. Those who engage in mental work are also workers.
    从事脑力劳动的人也是劳动者。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

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。

S+～+that-clause

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

S+～+to- v

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。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ pron./n. +to- v

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。

S+～+ n./pron. +as n.

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。

经典引文

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

  出自： A. Fraser

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

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。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• engage a hall 租下大厅
• engage a room 预订房间

～+副词

• engage at once 立即开始
• engage actively 积极从事
• engage busily 忙于
• engage exclusively 全力从事
• engage hotly 热情地聘请
• engage ordinarily 通常地聘请
• engage successfully 成功地聘请

～+介词

• engage as 聘请为…
• engage sb as adviser 聘请某人当顾问
• engage for 应允,保证,约定
• engage for sb's good behaviour 保证某人行为端正
• engage for sb's honesty 保证某人诚实
• engage in 从事,忙于,参加
• engage in animal husbandry 从事畜牧业工作
• engage in a discussion 进行讨论
• engage in making clothes 忙于做衣服
• engage on 着手,从事
• engage oneself to 答应和某人订婚,约束(自己),担保
• engage with 忙于接待〔应付〕,和(敌人)交战
• engage with the enemy 和敌军交战
• engage with a visitor 陪客人

词语用法

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。

v. (动词)

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。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

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。

词源解说

• ☆ 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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• absorb 吸收
• occupy 占用
• engross 使全神贯注
• involve 包含
• employ 雇佣
• charm 魅力
• hold 拿着
• appoint 任命
• take on 承担
• battle 战斗
• fight 战斗
• combat 战斗
• contest 竞赛
• keep 保持
• connect 连接
• slot in 进入浪头
• hire 雇用
• entangle 使 ... 纠缠
• take 拿
• grip 紧握
• agree 同意
• promise 诺言
• contract for 订契约
• immerse 浸
• work 工作
• bespeak 证明（某事物）...
• conscript 征兵
• commission 佣金
• preoccupy 先占
• play 玩
• interlock 连结
• captivate 迷住
• catch 赶上
• lock 锁
• rent 租金
• wage 工资
• mesh 网孔
• affiance 与 ... 订婚
• operate 操作
• enlist 征募
• lease 租约
• plight 困境
• pursue 追求
• charter 宪章
• busy 忙的
• betroth 同 ... 订婚
• prosecute 起诉

【反义词】

• disengage 解除