engagement
[in'geidʒmənt]
n.约会, 约定, 订婚, 婚约, 雇用, 交战, (机器零件等)啮合
例句与用法:
Fidelity to engagement is a virtue.
信守诺言是一种美德。
I have numerous engagements for next year.
我明年有许多约会。
He had only enough money to meet his engagements.
他的钱仅够付合同款。
Their engagement was announced in the papers.
他们订婚的消息登报了。
n.
1. 订婚; 婚约[C][(+to)]
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。
2. 诺言, 保证[C]; 需偿付的款项[P]
He has only enough money to meet his engagements.
他的钱刚够付约定的款项。
3. 约会[C]
I have an engagement with him this afternoon.
今天午后我和他有个约会。
4. 雇用; 雇用期[C]
The singer signed a contract for a two-week engagement.
那位歌手签了为期两周的演出合同。
5. 交战; 战斗[C]
win an engagement
打赢一仗
6. 【机】啮合[U][C]
engagement
名词复数:engagements
同义词:
battle | appointment | date | employment | fight | conflict | combat | meeting | rendezvous | assignation | encounter | post | action | contract | visit | promise | word | job | position | vow | warfare | situation | struggle | gig | bargain | pact | warranty | betrothal | pledge | guarantee | covenant | compact | war | arrangement | agreement | stipulation | betrothment | interview | espousal | plighting | tryst | clash | skirmish | business | conscription | reservation | competition | match | meshing | involvement | booking | mesh | campaign | interlocking | involution | participation | troth |
反义词:
non-engagement | disengagement |
词义辨析:
同义:
n.契约; 约定
promise
word
pledge
vow
guarantee
warranty
compact
contract
covenant
pact
bargain
agreement
arrangement
stipulation
n.订婚
betrothal
betrothment
plighting
espousal
n.雇用; 职业
employment
business
post
n.约会
appointment
meeting
interview
tryst
rendezvous
assignation
date
n.战斗
fight
battle
encounter
clash
conflict
struggle
war
warfare
combat
confrontaion
skirmish
action
同义参见:
conscription
competition
reservation
match1
date1
反义:
n.约定; 订婚; 雇用
disengagement
engagement[in'ɡeidʒmənt]n.1.■约束,约定;尤指2.■诺言,许诺,承诺,保证3.■契约;承担的义务4.■婚约;订婚5.■约会;约定6.■约请,雇,聘;受聘(期),受雇(期)(尤指文艺演出方面)7.■【军事】交战,遭遇战;战斗,(打)仗;冲突8.■[通常用复数]【商业】需偿付的款项,债务;应酬9.■【机械学】(齿轮等的)啮合,接合10.■【击剑】交锋;交叉接触11.■约定的事情12.■信奉;支持,赞助近义词battlebreak an engagement违约meet one's engagements偿还债务;履行(契约等)义务
engagementengagement[inˈɡeidʒmənt]n.1.■保证, 诺言2.■订婚, 婚约3.■约会, 约定, 预约4.■雇用, 雇用期, 预定5.■交战, 战斗6.■[pl. ](金钱)债务7.■【机】接合, 咬合engagement ring订婚戒指a meeting engagement遭遇战a minor engagement小规模交火Owing to a previous engagement, I shan't be able to come.因事先另有约会, 我无法前来。
noun
- a formal agreement to get married
订婚,婚约
■the duration of such an agreement
婚约期
a good long engagement to give you time to be sure.
让你有时间拿定主意的很长的婚约期限。 - an arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time
约会,约定,预约
a dinner engagement.
饭局。 - [mass noun]the action of engaging or being engaged
约定,保证
Britain's continued engagement in open trading.
英国对贸易开放的一贯承诺。 - a fight or battle between armed forces
交战,战斗
- early 17th cent. (in the general sense 'a legal or moral obligation'): French, from engager 'to pledge' (see engage)
engagement
名词 engagement:
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
a meeting arranged in advance
同义词:date, appointment
a mutual promise to marry
the act of giving someone a job
同义词:employment
employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
同义词:booking
contact by fitting together
同义词:mesh, meshing, interlocking
the act of sharing in the activities of a group
engagement
■I have a previous engagement at 6: 30.
6点半我先已有约。
■I have a previous engagement at 6:30.
6点半我已有约。
■David Duncan headed petitioner′s “engagement team” for Enron.
上诉人的安然“审计工作小组”以戴维·邓肯为首。
■Coordinate audit engagement efforts with.
与各方面协调审计业务工作
■Have an engagement with someone.
与某人有约。
■Henry was taken captive almost at the first engagement.
亨利几乎是刚一交战就被俘了。
■One's period of greatest activity or engagement.
人一生中最活跃或好斗的时期
■I have an engagement with him this afternoon.
今天午後我和他有个约会。
■I have an engagement this evening. Tomorrow will do.
今晚我有约会,明天行。
■He cannot go for he has a previous engagement.
他不能去,因他已先有约会。
■When did they make their engagement official?
他们什么时候正式宣布了订婚的消息?
■They announced their engagement to the family.
他们向家里宣布他们已经订婚了.
■A prior engagement will preclude them from coming.
他们因为有约在先,不能来了。
■They have broken off their engagement.
他们已经解除了婚约。
■They have called off their engagement.
他们已经解除婚约。
■They selected a diamond engagement ring.
他们挑选了一枚钻石订婚戒指。
■Their engagement was splashed all over the tabloids.
他们的事迹展示在小报上
■Their engagement was kept hush-hush.
他们的婚约是谨慎保密的。
■They've broken off their engagement.
他们突然解除了婚约。
■Their engagement is the talk of the town.
他们订婚的事成了镇上谈论的话题。
■Their engagement was announced in the local paper.
他们订婚的消息已登在当地报纸上。
■Their engagement was announced in the papers.
他们订婚的消息登报了。
■They haven't formally announced their engagement yet.
他们还没有正式宣布订婚。
■Their engagement created a terrific splash in the popular press.
他俩订婚的事在广受欢迎的新闻界极为轰动。
■He pretexted an early engagement in town the next morning.
他借口明天早晨在城里有约会。
■He do not even allude to his brother's engagement to Mary.
他兄弟与玛丽订婚的事他只字未提。
■He announced to his friends his engagement to MissWhite.
他向朋友们宣布他已和怀特小姐订婚。
■He was taken captive by the P.L.A. men at the first engagement.
他在第一次交锋时被人民解放军战士俘虏。
■He made a notation on his engagement calendar.
他在约会日程上作了记载。
■He broke off his engagement to her.
他对她解除了婚约。
■He is far too honourable ever to break an engagement.
他很正派,从不违约。
■He has fallen from his engagement.
他没有实践自己的诺言。
■His parents are no less happy over his engagement than he is (happy over his engagement).
他的双亲对他订婚的高兴并不亚于他自己。
■The above offer is made without engagement and all order will be subject to our write acceptance.
以上报盘为虚盘(无约束力), 所有订货将以我方书面接受为准。
■Iran has a clear choice: engagement or isolation.
伊朗有明确的选择,合作或者孤立。
■A temporary cessation of the customary activities of an engagement, occupation, or pursuit.
休息某个活动、职业或追求的习惯性持续行为暂时停顿
■B. Member can enjoy engagement .
会员可享受预定权。
■One injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy.
伤亡人与敌人交战中受伤、死亡、被俘或迷失的伤亡人数
■And Ashley's engagement had not even been announced yet!
何况艾希礼的事连订婚还没有宣布呢?
■You'll never break off our engagement again.
你不会再取消咱们的婚约了吧?
■And will you promise me, never to enter into such an engagement?
你愿意答应我,永远不跟他订婚吗?
■Have you heard that John has broken off his engagement to Mary?
你是否听说约翰解除了他同玛丽的婚约?
■You were one hour behind the engagement.
你比约定时间晚了一小时。
■Aren't you forgetting our engagement, Bruce?
你没有忘记我们的约会吧,布鲁斯?
■Did you notice her engagement ring?
你看到她的订婚戒指了吗?
■The date of your party doesn't clash with another engagement.
你聚会的日期与另一约会并不冲突。
■A guaranty, an engagement, or a promise.
保证、约定或许诺
■Fidelity to engagement is a virtue.
信守诺言是一种美德。
■Call off the engagement; cancel the dinner party.
取消婚约;取消宴会。
■The engagement was, as usual, almost bloodless.
同过去一样,这次战役几乎没有流血。