engage
基本释义
- v.雇用,聘请;参加,从事;吸引,引起;与……交战,开战;(使)(机器)啮合,接合;<旧>预定(膳食,地方等);适应,与……有密切关系;允诺,签约保证;(运动员或击剑手)使(兵器)交结在一起;占用
词语例句
雇用,聘请vt.
四级We engaged the services of a famous engineer.
我们聘了一位有名的工程师来帮忙。
They engage college undergraduates to teach computer science to high school students, who in turn instruct middle school students on the topic.
他们聘请大学本科生向高中生教授计算机科学,高中生转而就这一课题向中学生提供指导。
参加,从事vi.
六级四级I have never engaged in drug trafficking.
我从来没有从事过贩毒。
They're documenting why teaching is such a fruitful way to learn and designing innovative ways for young people to engage in instruction.
他们记录了为什么教学是一种卓有成效的学习方式,并设计了创新的方式让年轻人参与教学。
There are three dozen universities in the UK which are actively engaged in advanced research training and commercialization work.
在英国,有36所大学积极从事高级研究培训和商业化工作。
吸引,引起vt.
六级四级They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others.
他们从来没有学过吸引别人注意的技巧。
Companies, marketers and teachers have long looked for fun ways to engage people's reward-seeking or competitive spirits.
公司、市场营销人员和教师长期以来一直在寻找有趣的方式来激发人们追求奖励或竞争的精神。
In the theory, interactive advertising can engage viewers in a way that 30-second spots do not.
从理论上讲,互动广告可以吸引观众,而30秒的广告不行。
与……交战,开战vt.&vi.
The troops will only engage in a ground battle when all the odds are in their favour.
该部队只会在完全可能取胜的情况下进行一场地面战斗。
- Even in prison, he continued to engage in criminal activities.他甚至在监狱里还继续从事犯罪活动。来自《牛津词典》
- They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others.他们从来没有学过吸引别人注意的技巧。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- They tried to engage him in conversation.他们试图使他加入谈话。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- engage in从事……
- engage the attention吸引注意力
- engage in a battle战斗
- engage the clutch踩离合器
- engage with融入……
- engage to do sth.承诺做某事
- engage sb. as ...雇用某人为……;聘用某人为……
- engage with sb./sth.与……建立密切关系
- engage (sb.) in sth.(使某人)从事某事;参加某事
- engage in从事于(参加)
- engage with交战;与…接洽
- engage on从事;开始
- ENGAGE POINT进刀点
- Initial Engage初始进刀
- ENGAGE ANGLES进刀角度
- engage on开始;从事
- engage life融入糊口;融入生活
词语扩展
词义分布
英英释义
- v.carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
- v.engage or engross wholly
- v.engage or hire for work
- v.ask to represent; of legal counsel
- v.give to in marriage
- v.get caught
词源
- engage吸引,卷入en-, 进入,使。-gage, 承诺,加入,词源同wage, wedding. 词义由承诺向多方面扩展。
- engage雇用来源于日耳曼语wathjam(承诺,抵押,--也是英语wed和wage的词源)派生的inwadiare,进入古法语为engager(日耳曼语中的w在法语变为g),进入英语为engage。 词根词缀: en-加强意义 + -gage-(承诺,抵押) 同源词:wed, wage, gage