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engaged

engaged
[英] [enˈgeɪdʒd] [美] [ɛnˈɡedʒd] 生词本

adj.

v.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 词典例句

1. ADJ 从事…的;忙于…的 Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing. 

  • They found the three engaged in target practice.

    他们发现那3个人在练习打靶。

  • ...the various projects he was engaged on.

    他参与的各种项目

2. ADJ 订婚的 When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. 

  • We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday...

    在我18岁生日那天我们订婚了。

  • He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman.

    他和朱莉娅·玛丽亚·博德曼小姐订婚了。

  • ...the engaged couple.

    那对订婚的情侣

3. ADJ （电话）占线的 If a telephone or a telephone line is engaged, it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning. 

  • The line is engaged...

    电话占线。

  • We tried to call you back but you were engaged.

    我们试着给你回电，但是你正在通话中。

in AM, use 美国英语用 busy
4. ADJ （公共厕所）被占用的，使用中的 If a public toilet is engaged, it is already being used by someone else. 
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 occupied
Adjective

1. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged;

  • "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"
  • "deeply engaged in conversation"

2. involved in military hostilities;

  • "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"

3. reserved in advance

4. (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);

  • "her line is busy"
  • "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"
  • "the lavatory is in use"
  • "kept getting a busy signal"

5. (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting;

  • "the gears are engaged"
  • "meshed gears"
  • "intermeshed twin rotors"

6. having services contracted for;

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

7. built against or attached to a wall;

  • "engaged columns"

8. pledged to be married;

  • "the engaged couple"
1. All were busily engaged,men at their ploughs,women at their looms.
大家都很忙，男的耕田，女的织布。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Annie and Phil were engaged in a silent battle of wills, each refusing to leave.
安妮和菲尔默默地较上了劲，谁也不肯离开。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Bruce engaged low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zig-zag course.
布鲁斯接通了低速挡，开车速度快得令人害怕；他在使前轮分跨地裂的同时曲曲折折地前进。

来自《用法词典》

4. 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。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. He engaged in a serious study of the problem.
他对这个问题进行了认真的研究。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. He engaged to read the book.
他答应看这本书。

来自《简明英汉词典》

7. He had been engaged in emissary activity before he was discovered.
在被发现以前他一直从事间谍活动。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. He has been engaged 10 years on the dictionary.
他从事这本词典的编纂工作已达10年之久。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9. He has been engaged in literary pursuits.
他从事了文学生涯。

来自《用法词典》

10. He has engaged in rather shady occupation.
他从事相当不明不白的职业。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

11. He is engaged at a bank.
他受雇于一家银行。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. He is engaged in commerce.
他从事商业。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13. He is engaged in doing his French exercises.
他正忙于做法语练习。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14. He is engaged in scientific research.
他从事科研工作。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15. He is engaged in the organization of a new club.
他正忙于组织一个新的俱乐部。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. He is engaged in truck farming.
他从事商品蔬菜种植。

来自《简明英汉词典》

17. He is engaged just now.
他正有事。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

18. He is engaged to a pretty girl.
他跟一个漂亮的姑娘定亲了。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

19. He was engaged at a salary of $1000 a month.
他以月薪一千美元受聘。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. He was engaged from abroad.
他是从国外聘来的。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》