engage

US [ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ]
UK [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ]
  • v.啮合；雇用；聘用；吸引住（注意力、兴趣）
  • Web从事；订婚；使从事于
Simple Present：engages  Present Participle：engaging  Past Tense：engaged  

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engage
v.
1.
[t]
~ sth
吸引住（注意力、兴趣）to succeed in attracting and keeping sb's attention and interest
It is a movie that engages both the mind and the eye.
这是一部令人赏心悦目的影片。
2.
[t]
~ sb (as sth).~ sth.~ sb to do sth
雇用；聘用to employ sb to do a particular job
He is currently engaged as a consultant.
他现在受雇为顾问。
3.
[i]
~ (with sth/sb)
与…建立密切关系；尽力理解to become involved with and try to understand sth/sb
She has the ability to engage with young minds.
她能够与年轻人心意相通。
4.
[t][i]
~ (sb)
与（某人）交战；与（某人）开战to begin fighting with sb
to engage the enemy
与敌人交战
5.
[i][t]
（使）衔接，啮合when a part of a machineengages , or when youengage it, it fits together with another part of the machine and the machine begins to work
The cogwheels are not engaging.
齿轮未啮合在一起。
One cogwheel engages with the next.
齿轮一个个啮合在一起。
Engage the clutch before selecting a gear.
先踩离合器再挂挡。

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AllAll,啮合啮合,雇用雇用,聘用聘用,吸引住吸引住,从事从事,订婚订婚,使从事于使从事于
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1.
He said they represented He and I and as there is no separation, my thoughts would be His and we would engage in this co creative endeavour.
他说那代表着他和我是一体的，正因为是没有分离，我的意念即是他的，我们将一起共同合作。
tā shuō nà dài biǎo zhe tā hé wǒ shì yì tǐ de , zhèng yīn wèi shì méi yǒu fēn lí , wǒ de yì niàn jí shì tā de , wǒ men jiāng yì qǐ gòng tóng hé zuò 。
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2.
Facebook is leaving it up to users to engage in social networking via the medium that best suits their needs at a particular moment.
Facebook让用户做主，选择在特定时间，通过最适合自己需求的媒体来参与社交活动。
Facebook ràng yòng hù zuò zhǔ , xuǎn zé zài tè dìng shí jiān , tōng guò zuì shì hé zì jǐ xū qiú de méi tǐ lái cān yù shè jiāo huó dòng 。
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3.
It is prohibited to organize, force, induce, shelter or introduce a woman to engage in prostitution or to act indecently against women.
禁止组织、强迫、引诱、容留、介绍妇女卖淫或者对妇女进行猥亵活动。
jìn zhǐ zǔ zhī 、 qiǎng pò 、 yǐn yòu 、 róng liú 、 jiè shào fù nǚ mài yín huò zhě duì fù nǚ jìn xíng wěi xiè huó dòng 。
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4.
having initially acquired the ability to undertake scientific research or to engage in a special technical work.
具有从事科学研究工作或担负专门技术工作的初步能力。
jù yǒu cóng shì kē xué yán jiū gōng zuò huò dān fù zhuān mén jì shù gōng zuò de chū bù néng lì 。
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5.
For that reason, parents take the language subject seriously. Some engage tutors to help their children at home.
为了这个原因，家长们莫不重视这门课，有的还请补习老师来指导孩子。
wèi le zhè ge yuán yīn , jiā zhǎng men mò bù zhòng shì zhè mén kè , yǒu de hái qǐng bǔ xí lǎo shī lái zhǐ dǎo hái zi 。
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6.
Also, mice that have been genetically engineered to lack the gene engage in a number of behaviors suggestive of autism, she said.
还有，经遗传工程处理过的缺少RORA基因的老鼠证明了若干种使人联想到自闭症行为，她说。
hái yǒu , jīng yí chuán gōng chéng chǔ lǐ guò de quē shǎo RORA jī yīn de lǎo shǔ zhèng míng le ruò gān zhǒng shǐ rén lián xiǎng dào zì bì zhèng xíng wéi , tā shuō 。
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7.
Mr Obama's speech at the New Economic School in Moscow was an attempt to engage Russian society without trying to lecture it.
奥巴马在莫斯科新经济学院的演讲试图在不指责的情况下吸引俄罗斯民众。
ào bā mǎ zài mò sī kē xīn jīng jì xué yuàn de yǎn jiǎng shì tú zài bù zhǐ zé de qíng kuàng xià xī yǐn é luó sī mín zhòng 。
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The senior defense official said the U. S. was prepared to engage the Chinese about their respective missile-defense efforts.
这位高级防务官员称，美国打算对中国不同的导弹防御努力加以理解。
zhè wèi gāo jí fáng wù guān yuán chēng , měi guó dǎ suàn duì zhōng guó bù tóng de dǎo dàn fáng yù nǔ lì jiā yǐ lǐ jiě 。
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He would have been a religious reformer, if he had not been too scornful of the vulgar to engage in propaganda.
如果他不是过分地藐视流俗而能从事于宣传的话，那么他或许会是一位宗教改革家。
rú guǒ tā bú shì guò fèn de miǎo shì liú sú ér néng cóng shì yú xuān chuán de huà , nà me tā huò xǔ huì shì yī wèi zōng jiào gǎi gé jiā 。
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Yet, the decision to engage in such a relationship creates the sense of separation and a highly complex defense against reunion.
然而，当你有心建立这类关系，就会产生分裂感，以及极其复杂的防卫系统来抵制重新复合的可能。
rán ér , dāng nǐ yǒu xīn jiàn lì zhè lèi guān xì , jiù huì chǎn shēng fēn liè gǎn , yǐ jí jí qí fù zá de fáng wèi xì tǒng lái dǐ zhì chóng xīn fù hé de kě néng 。
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