engagement是什么意思

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      engagement 是什么意思

      音标:[ in'geidʒmənt ]  

      名词复数:engagements   

      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。

      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,

      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。