engagement
常考释义
1.[c]订婚；订婚期间an agreement to marry sb; the period during which two people are engaged
Their engagement was announced in the local paper.他们订婚的消息已在当地报纸上公布。
She has broken off her engagement to Charles.她已解除同查尔斯的婚约。
an engagement party订婚宴会
a long/short engagement长╱短婚约期
2.[c]（尤指正式的或与工作有关的）约定，约会，预约an arrangement to do sth at a particular time, especially sth official or sth connected with your job
an engagement book/diary预约簿╱日志
He has a number of social engagements next week.他下周有几次社交约会。
It was her first official engagement .那是她第一次正式约会。
I had to refuse because of a prior engagement .我因为已经有预约只好拒绝了。
3.[c][u]战斗；交战fighting between two armies, etc.
The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy.将军竭力避免与敌军交火。
4.[u]~ (with sb/sth)（与…的）密切关系；（对…的）了解being involved with sb/sth in an attempt to understand them/it
Her views are based on years of engagement with the problems of the inner city.她的观点是以多年对内城区问题的了解为基础的。
5.[u][c]雇用；聘用an arrangement to employ sb; the process of employing sb
The terms of engagement are to be agreed in writing.聘用条款应有书面协议。
"Since I couldn't find the right engagement ring, " he said, "this will have to do, " and he firmly stamped my hand.
他说：“既然我找不到合适的订婚戒指，就用这了”，然后，在我手上用力盖上。
Engagement in a life of tiddlywinks does not rise to the level of a meaningful life, no matter how gripped one might be by the game.
充斥着挑圆片游戏的人生并没有上升到有意义的人生的高度，不管一个人因这个游戏可能会变得多么有影响力。
we seek to build upon a strong tradition of engagement by presidents and secretaries of state of both parties across many decades.
我们寻求发扬几十年来两党历届总统和国务卿所开创的参与世界事务的深厚传统。
To shake off the question he began to talk of their own plans, their future, and Mrs. Welland's insistence on a long engagement.
为了甩掉这个问题，他开始谈论他们自己的计划，他们的未来，以及韦兰太太坚持要延长订婚期的事。
Suppose it was the news of his engagement he had intended to tell her!
也许他找算告诉她的就是他要订婚的消息呢！
Note: The following easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions were tested at a partner's site during a skill transfer engagement.
注意：按照技术转移条款，以下简单易用的逐步说明已经在一个合作伙伴的站点上经过了测试。
Urmat said he paid two sheep and a horse to his wife's family on his engagement, which were then sold to provide money for the celebration.
乌玛特说，他订婚时给了女方家里两头羊和一匹马，用这些羊和马卖掉后的钱拿来办庆典。
At any given point during these times, my life might have looked seriously unbalanced. I would call it something else. . . full engagement.
在这段时间内的任何点看上去，我的生活的确非常失衡。我有另外一个词称呼这种状态：满档。
Their engagement was to be a secret but the ring on her finger let the cat out of the ba g.
他们俩订婚原本想保密的，可是她手指上的戒指却泄露了秘密。
Were this an ongoing ruse, we would not be able to explain this to you due to the Rules of Engagement.
这是正在进行的一种策略，由于“接触法则”的缘故，我们不能向你们解释这个。
It was the beginning of my deep engagement in the long, emotional, complicated search for peace in Northern Ireland.
这是我为北爱尔兰谋求和平的努力的开端。在这一漫长的过程中，我满怀激情，采取了很多复杂的手段。
U. S. officials said the move culminates months of growing diplomatic engagement between the U. S. and Syria.
美国官员说，此举将数月来美国和叙利亚之间不断增加的外交接触推向了高潮。
Although the two are calling it a "friendship ring, " buzz[2] is building that it is, in fact, an engagement ring.
尽管两人将这枚钻戒称为“友谊戒指”，但舆论界认为，事实上那就是定婚戒指。
The Bank Group's new strategy for engagement with IBRD partners contains a range of proposals designed to help us meet their expectations.
世行集团与IBRD借款国合作的新战略包括一系列旨在帮助我们满足他们期望的提案。
A. Jim Nachtwey's image made me realize that I needed to have some sort of intellectual engagement with my pictures.
詹姆斯.纳希微的作品使我意识到我需要在我的作品中加入某种精神的力量。
At the time, she said it would mean a lengthy engagement because no wedding date had been discussed.
她当时说，订婚的时间会很长，因为她和威廉王子还没有讨论过正式婚礼的日期。
Emily desperately searched all over the place for her lost engagement ring. In her words, she has left no stone unturned in her house.
艾米丽拼命地到处寻找她丢失的订婚戒指，用她的话说，她家里的什么地方都找过了。
It's very nice of you to ask, but I have a previous engagement that evening, so I'm afraid I won't is able to come.
你的邀宴太棒了，但那个晚上下班事先已有约会，所以我恐怕不能来参加。
But the big imponderable is how much appetite there is on both sides of the Atlantic for real diplomatic engagement.
但是最大的不确定因素在于大西洋两岸对进行实质性的外交接触有多大兴辑。
The result of that extensive review was to launch a policy of pragmatic engagement with Burma's leadership.
这次广泛审议的结果是发起了与缅甸领导层进行接触的务实政策。
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