Engagement
[ ɪn'ɡedʒmənt ]
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n. 订婚，婚约;约会;约定，契约;雇用;
💡 词根助记
en 进入 +gage约定+ment 表名词 → n.约会,预约;(演员等的)约请,受聘(期);订婚,婚约
📝 例句
I have a prior engagement and so can't go with you.
我预先有约会，所以不能跟你去。
Jack and Amy invited many friends to their engagement party.
杰克和艾米邀请了许多朋友参加他们的订婚晚会。
She had been perturbed by the premature announcement of his engagement.
她由于他过早地宣布婚约而心神不安。
I'll have to beg off. I have another engagement.
恐怕我去不了了。我另有个约会。
I have an engagement with him this afternoon.
今天午后我和他有个约会。
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
engagement
n
1 [C] agreement to marry 订婚
Their engagement was announced in the local paper. 他们订婚的消息已登在当地报纸上.
2 [C] arrangement to go somewhere, meet sb or do sth at a fixed time; appointment 约会
I have several engagements for next week. 我下周有几个约会.
The orchestra has several concert engagements. 这管弦乐队已安排好几场音乐会.
3 [C] (fml 文) formal promise or guarantee, esp in writing 正式的承诺或保证（尤指书面形式）
He doesn't have enough money to meet all his engagements, ie to make the payments he has promised to make. 他无钱偿付承诺的一切债务.
4 [C] (fml 文) battle 战斗; 交战
The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy. 那位将军竭力避免与敌军交战.
5 [U] arrangement to employ; action of engaging 聘用的事宜; 雇用的行动
the engagement of three new assistants 聘用三名新助手的事.
6 [U] action or result of engaging (parts of a machine, etc) （机器零件等）啮合的动作或结果
after engagement of the clutch 离合器啮合後.
🔁 扩展释义
*[in'geidʒdmәnt]n. 诺言, 约会, 婚约, 交战【医】 衔接相关词组: enter into an engagement with...
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He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air as he walked.
他头戴一顶小黑帽，身穿一条非常宽大的裤子，嘴上留着小胡子，手提着一根他边走边在空中挥舞的手杖。
He made the first telephone.
他发明了第一部电话。
Just a minute. I'll see if I'm free. No, I'm not. I've already got something on that evening.
等一会。我看看是否有空。不，我没空。我那天晚上已经有了安排。