engaged是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 having formally agreed to marry -- 已訂婚的

  • Debbie and Christa have just got engaged. 黛比和克力斯塔剛剛訂婚。

  • She was engaged to some guy in the army. 她和一個當兵的訂了婚。

  • formal They're engaged to be married in June. 他們訂了婚，將於六月完婚。

• 1 involved in something -- 捲入…的；從事…的

  • They've been engaged in a legal battle with the council for several months. 數月來他們一直在與市政委員會進行法律鬥爭。

  • She's part of a team of scientists who are engaged on/upon cancer research. 她是從事癌症研究��科學家小組成員。

  • I'd come to the meeting on Tuesday but I'm afraid I'm otherwise engaged (= doing something else). 我很想參加週二的會議，但是恐怕我另有公務，抽不開身。

• 2 If a phone or public toilet is engaged, someone is already using it. -- （電話）佔線的，忙的；（公厠）有人使用的

  • Every time I call her, she/the phone/the number is engaged. 每次我給她打電話，她的電話都佔線。

  • UK I've been trying to call him all evening, but I keep getting the engaged tone. 我整個晚上都在試著給他打電話，但每次聽到的都是忙線。

  • The sign on the toilet door said "Engaged". 廁所門上的顯示牌顯示「使用中」。