engagement的意思

基本释义

• n 婚约；约会

  an agreement between two people to marry, or the period of time they are engaged

例句

1. Their engagement was announced in the paper.

   他们订婚的消息在报上公布了。

2. This is his only public speaking engagement on the tour.

   这是他此行唯一一场公开演讲。

3. Have you heard that John has broken off his engagement to Mary?

   你听说约翰已和玛丽解除婚约了吗?

4. I can't see you on Monday because I have a previous engagement.

   星期一我不能见你

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英英释义

noun 1. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time e.g. the play had bookings throughout the summer Synonym: booking 2. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war e.g. Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement Synonym: battleconflictfight 3. the act of giving someone a job Synonym: employment 4. the act of sharing in the activities of a group e.g. the teacher tried to increase his students'engagement in class activities Synonym: participation, involvement, involution 5. a mutual promise to marry Synonym: betrothaltroth 6. contact by fitting together e.g. the engagement of the clutch the meshing of gears Synonym: mesh, meshing, interlocking 7. a meeting arranged in advance e.g. she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date Synonym: dateappointment

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