用作动词(v.)

The restaurant decide to engage a pop singer.餐馆决定雇用一名流行歌手。

If the big gear did not engage with the small one,the machine would refuse to work.如果大齿轮与小齿轮不相啮合的话，机器就不会工作。

Our orders are to engage (the enemy) immediately.我们的命令是立即(与敌军)开战。

I will engage to manage the business if you will engage to provide the capital.如果你答应出资本，我答应经管这个生意。

Jack and Anne are engaged.杰克和安妮订婚了。

I have engaged a room at this hotel.我已经在这个旅馆里预订了一个房间。

I have no time to engage in the debate.我没时间参加辩论。

Is it wise to engage in active sports at your age?我这样的年纪积极参加体育活动是否明智？

They engage in the study of music.他们从事音乐研究。

Those who engage in mental work are also workers.从事脑力劳动的人也是劳动者。

用作动词(v.)用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

He has engaged a new secretary.
他已雇了一位新秘书。

I've engaged a room at the hotel.
我已经在旅馆里预订了一个房间。

Bright colours engage a baby's attention.
鲜艳的颜色引起婴孩的注意。

The spots of blood on the floor engaged the attention of the popce.
地板上的血迹引起了警察的注意。

Housework engages much of her time.
家务事占用了她很多时间。

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Can you come on Sunday?No,I'm engaged.
你星期日能来吗?不能,我已有约了。

Please wait a minute, he is engaged just now.
请稍等一会儿,他正有事呢。

Tom and Mary are engaged.
汤姆和玛丽订婚了。

Her attention was engaged by the display of new hats in the shop window.
商店橱窗里展出的新式帽子吸引了她的注意力。

He is engaged at a bank.
他受雇于一家银行。

The typist is engaged for a week on trial.
那位打字员被试用一周。

S+～+that-clause

Can you engage that all his statements are trustworthy?
你能担保他的话都可靠吗?

S+～+to- v

He engaged to read the book.
他答应看这本书。

I will engage to be there on time.
我保证准时到那儿。

The company had engaged to finish the building by May.
公司保证大楼在5月份完工。

用作宾补动词S+～+ pron./n. +to- v

He engaged himself to pay back the money.
他保证还钱。

She engaged herself to attend the meeting.
她答应一定去参加会议。

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He was engaged to be married to her.
他跟她订过婚。

S+～+ n./pron. +as n.

He engaged Mary as a secretary.
他聘玛丽当秘书。

Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.
我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

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The old man was engaged as a guide.
那位老人被雇用为向导。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

engage a hall租下大厅

engage a room预订房间

～+副词

engage at once立即开始

engage actively积极从事

engage busily忙于

engage exclusively全力从事

engage hotly热情地聘请

engage ordinarily通常地聘请

engage successfully成功地聘请

～+介词

engage as聘请为…

engage sb as adviser聘请某人当顾问

engage for应允,保证,约定

engage for sb's good behaviour保证某人行为端正

engage for sb's honesty保证某人诚实

engage in从事,忙于,参加

engage in animal husbandry从事畜牧业工作

engage in a discussion进行讨论

engage in making clothes忙于做衣服

engage on着手,从事

engage oneself to答应和某人订婚,约束(自己),担保

engage with忙于接待〔应付〕,和(敌人)交战

engage with the enemy和敌军交战

engage with a visitor陪客人

v.(动词)

engage的基本意思是“约定”,即凭借契约、誓言或诺言等约束人或事。用于约束别人,即表示“雇”“聘”; 用于约束自己,则表示“许诺”“保证”。这种允诺可信,有约束力,并将履行一段时间,如“订婚”等。引申可表示“占用,吸引,引起”或“使忙于,使从事”等。

engage主要用作及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语。作“雇,聘”解时可以接以as短语充当补足语的复合宾语。作“保证”解时可接for+名词或that从句,也可接oneself+to- v 构成的复合结构。

engage接介词in可表示“参加”; 接介词with可表示“交战”; 表示“订婚”则接介词to。

engage表示“使某人订婚”，be engaged to sb表示“跟某人订婚”。

When did he become engaged to her?
他跟她什么时候订婚？

不加介词时engage表示“雇佣”的意思；

be engaged in和engage in的比较：一般来说，两者意思相似，不过前者强调状态，后者强调行为。但在表示一时的行为时，两者有所不同。

He is engaged in a game of tennis.
他现在从事于打网球。

He engages in a game of tennis every morning．
他每天早晨忙于打网球。

用作动词(v.)

The restaurant decide to engage a pop singer.餐馆决定雇用一名流行歌手。

If the big gear did not engage with the small one,the machine would refuse to work.如果大齿轮与小齿轮不相啮合的话，机器就不会工作。

Our orders are to engage (the enemy) immediately.我们的命令是立即(与敌军)开战。

I will engage to manage the business if you will engage to provide the capital.如果你答应出资本，我答应经管这个生意。

Jack and Anne are engaged.杰克和安妮订婚了。

I have engaged a room at this hotel.我已经在这个旅馆里预订了一个房间。

I have no time to engage in the debate.我没时间参加辩论。

Is it wise to engage in active sports at your age?我这样的年纪积极参加体育活动是否明智？

They engage in the study of music.他们从事音乐研究。

Those who engage in mental work are also workers.从事脑力劳动的人也是劳动者。

用作动词(v.)用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

He has engaged a new secretary.
他已雇了一位新秘书。

I've engaged a room at the hotel.
我已经在旅馆里预订了一个房间。

Bright colours engage a baby's attention.
鲜艳的颜色引起婴孩的注意。

The spots of blood on the floor engaged the attention of the popce.
地板上的血迹引起了警察的注意。

Housework engages much of her time.
家务事占用了她很多时间。

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Can you come on Sunday?No,I'm engaged.
你星期日能来吗?不能,我已有约了。

Please wait a minute, he is engaged just now.
请稍等一会儿,他正有事呢。

Tom and Mary are engaged.
汤姆和玛丽订婚了。

Her attention was engaged by the display of new hats in the shop window.
商店橱窗里展出的新式帽子吸引了她的注意力。

He is engaged at a bank.
他受雇于一家银行。

The typist is engaged for a week on trial.
那位打字员被试用一周。

S+～+that-clause

Can you engage that all his statements are trustworthy?
你能担保他的话都可靠吗?

S+～+to- v

He engaged to read the book.
他答应看这本书。

I will engage to be there on time.
我保证准时到那儿。

The company had engaged to finish the building by May.
公司保证大楼在5月份完工。

用作宾补动词S+～+ pron./n. +to- v

He engaged himself to pay back the money.
他保证还钱。

She engaged herself to attend the meeting.
她答应一定去参加会议。

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He was engaged to be married to her.
他跟她订过婚。

S+～+ n./pron. +as n.

He engaged Mary as a secretary.
他聘玛丽当秘书。

Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.
我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

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The old man was engaged as a guide.
那位老人被雇用为向导。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

engage a hall租下大厅

engage a room预订房间

～+副词

engage at once立即开始

engage actively积极从事

engage busily忙于

engage exclusively全力从事

engage hotly热情地聘请

engage ordinarily通常地聘请

engage successfully成功地聘请

～+介词

engage as聘请为…

engage sb as adviser聘请某人当顾问

engage for应允,保证,约定

engage for sb's good behaviour保证某人行为端正

engage for sb's honesty保证某人诚实

engage in从事,忙于,参加

engage in animal husbandry从事畜牧业工作

engage in a discussion进行讨论

engage in making clothes忙于做衣服

engage on着手,从事

engage oneself to答应和某人订婚,约束(自己),担保

engage with忙于接待〔应付〕,和(敌人)交战

engage with the enemy和敌军交战

engage with a visitor陪客人

【近义词】

• absorb吸收
• occupy占用
• engross使全神贯注
• involve包含
• employ雇佣
• charm魅力
• hold拿着
• appoint任命
• take on承担
• battle战斗
• fight战斗
• combat战斗
• contest竞赛
• keep保持
• connect连接
• slot in进入浪头
• hire雇用
• entangle 使 ... 纠缠
• take拿
• grip紧握
• agree同意
• promise诺言
• contract for订契约
• immerse浸
• work工作
• bespeak证明（某事物）...
• conscript征兵
• commission佣金
• preoccupy先占
• play玩
• interlock连结
• captivate迷住
• catch赶上
• lock锁
• rent租金
• wage工资
• mesh网孔
• affiance 与 ... 订婚
• operate操作
• enlist征募
• lease租约
• plight困境
• pursue追求
• charter宪章
• busy忙的
• betroth 同 ... 订婚
• prosecute起诉

【反义词】

• disengage解除