engage是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to employ someone -- 僱用；聘用

  • [ + to infinitive ] I have engaged a secretary to deal with all my paperwork. 我僱用了一名秘書來處理我全部的文書工作。

  • We're engaging the services of a professional administrator. 我們將聘用專業管理人員爲我們服務。

• 1 to interest someone in something and keep them thinking about it -- 吸引住，使感興趣

  • The debate about food safety has engaged the whole nation. 關於食品安全的爭論引起了全國關注。

  • If a book doesn't engage my interest in the first few pages, I don't usually continue reading it. 如果一本書的前幾頁不能引起我的興趣，通常我就不再往下讀了。

• 2 to make one part of a machine fit into and move together with another part of a machine -- （使）（機器）嚙合，接合，銜接

  • When the large gear wheel engages (with the smaller one), the mill stone will start to go round. 當大齒輪（與小齒輪）嚙合時，石磨就開始轉動。

• 3 to attack or begin to fight someone -- 進攻；（與…）交戰，（與…）開戰

  • Enemy planes engaged the troops as they advanced into the mountains. 部隊進山的時候，敵機開始對他們發起攻擊。

• 4 to teach someone, especially a class of children, or to keep someone busy -- 教（兒童）；使忙於，使參加

• 5 especially of a writer, musician, artist, etc. interested in and taking part in politics -- （尤指作家、音樂家、藝術家等）積極介入政治的