中文翻译与英英解释 | n.
1.约会，约定；约束，契约；预约。
2.婚约。
3.雇用，聘用期；职业。
4.义务；〔pl.〕债务。
5.【军事】战斗。
6.【机械工程】接合，咬合。
短语和例子
break one's engagement 毁约，违约。 fight several engagements 打几仗。 fulfil one's engagement 践约。 meet one's engagements 偿清债务。 a meeting engagement 遭遇战。 a minor engagement 小规模交火。 a naval engagement 海战。 be under an engagement (to)有约。 enter into [make] an engagement (with) 同人定约。
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| employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer"
同义词：booking,
| | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
同义词：battle, conflict, fight,
| | the act of giving someone a job
同义词：employment,
| | the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students'' engagement in class activities"
同义词：participation, involvement, involution,
| | a mutual promise to marry
同义词：betrothal, troth,
| | contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears"
同义词：mesh, meshing, interlocking,
| | a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
同义词：date, appointment,
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| An engagement or betrothal is a promise to marry, and also the period of time between proposal and marriagewhich may be lengthy or trivial. During this period, a couple is said to be betrothed, affianced, engaged to be married, or simply engaged. |
例句与用法 | 1. | I am unable to keep my engagement with you .
我不能和你们朝夕相处。
| | 2. | His engagements were all self-imposed .
他的一切约会都是由他自己作主的。
| | 3. | You'll never break off our engagement again .
你不会再取消咱们的婚约了吧？
| | 4. | Their engagement is the talk of the town .
他们订婚的事成了镇上谈论的话题。
| | 5. | I have numerous engagements next week .
下星期我有许多约会。
| | 6. | They have called off their engagement .
他们已经解除了婚约。
| | 7. | I got my business and you got your social engagements .
我生意忙，你应酬忙。
| | 8. | These engagements proved decisive turning points .
这几仗构成了决定性的转折点。
| | 9. | I'm afraid you are not able to meet your engagements .
恐怕您不能履行您的债务。
| | 10. | Frieda's engagement ring is a diamond set in gold .
费丽达的定婚戒指是镶金钻戒。
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