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首页英语词典engagedengaged的意思

engaged

英 [ɪn'geɪdʒd; en-] 美[ɪn'gedʒd]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词bound for betrothed

adj. 使用中的，忙碌的
v. 保证；约定；同…订婚（engage的过去分词）

TEM4GRE中低频词

英英释意

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"

英文词源

engaged (adj.): "affianced, betrothed," 1610s, past participle adjective from engage. Of telephone lines from 1891.

考试真题

A new study of 12,000 workers in 17 countries by Steel case, a furniture-maker which also does consulting, finds that the best way to ensure employees are "engaged" is to give them more control over where and how they do their work—which may mean liberati

Soupios say following the 10 Golden Rules based on ancient wisdom can guide us to the path of the good life where we stop living as onlookers and become engaged and happier human beings.

The study, published in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, found that those who engaged in crafts like knitting and crocheting had a diminished chance of developing mild cognitive disorder and memory loss.

Those who engaged in activities that were not intellectually challenging, either in a social group or alone, did not show such improvements.

Companies engaged in shipping, trucking, rail freight, delivery, and logistics (物流) have all been reporting better than expected results

There are three dozen universities in the UK which are actively engaged in advanced research training and commercialisation work

This is especially true of editors, who by nature tend to be eager and engaged participants in everything they do.

As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away?

It is engaged in product design.

"What we find is you actually look at the world slightly differently, because you're looking for things you want to capture, that you may want to hang onto," Dehl explains. "That gets people more engaged in the experience, and they tend to enjoy it more."

Companies play a big role in creating a circular economy, in which value is generating less from extracting new resources and more from getting better use out of the resources we already have—but they must also get customers engaged in the process.

That gets people more engaged in the experience, and they tend to enjoy it more.

The exact type of stimulation that an individual uses is not as important as being intellectually engaged.

The people who took photos enjoyed the experience significantly more, and said they were more engaged, than those who didn't.

The region is engaged in a multi-day earthquake-and-tsunami drill involving around 20, 000 people.

The results: Teens who played the Iowa Gambling Task under the eyes of fellow adolescents engaged in more exploratory behavior, learned faster from both positive and negative outcomes, and achieved better performance on the task than those who played in s

Thinking about what you would want to photograph also gets you more engaged.

Unilever recently ran an interactive campaign for its Axe deodorant(除臭剂), which kept viewers engaged for more than three minutes on average.

A study shows the students who are engaged in after-school activities are happier than those who are not.

After all, the scientist is engaged in serious research to uncover the very nature of the physical world.

The students benefiting most from college are those who are totally engaged in academic life, taking full advantage of the college's chances and resources.

We need progressive policies that shape collective action and rein in polluting businesses, alongside engaged citizens pushing for change.

实用场景例句

They are engaged to be married (= to each other) .: 他们已经订婚。

When did you get engaged ?: 你们什么时候订的婚？

an engaged couple: 已订婚的一对

I couldn't get through─the line's engaged.: 我打不通电话——线路忙。

I phoned earlier but you were engaged (= using your phone) .: 我早先打过电话，但你那边占线。

the engaged tone/signal: 忙音；占线信号

They are engaged in talks with the Irish government.: 他们正忙着与爱尔兰政府谈判。

He is now engaged on his second novel.: 他正埋头写他的第二部小说。

I can't come to dinner on Tuesday─I'm otherwise engaged (= I have already arranged to do something else) .: 我星期二不能来参加宴会——我另有安排。

They were engaged in conversation.: 他们正谈得来劲。

She's engaged to Peter.: 她与彼得订了婚。

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

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 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。

He was engaged to my sister.: 他和我妹妹订婚了.

They engaged a resident tutor.: 他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师.

He is engaged just now.: 他正有事.

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

Many students put off doing their assignments until the last minute.: 许多学生拖到最后一刻才在赶作业.

They have engaged in trade for many years.: 他们经商已多年.

We are now engaged in a great and most glorious cause, never undertaken by our forefathers.: 我们正在做我们的前人从来没有做过的极其光荣伟大的事业.

I am engaged to Mr. Worthing, mama.: 妈妈,我与沃森先生订婚了.

I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.: 我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交.

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

Tom is engaged to Anne.: 汤姆已与安妮订婚.

The two cogwheels are engaged.: 这两个齿轮啮合在一起.

Two hundred horse were [ was ] engaged in the war.: 有二百名骑兵卷入了这场战争.