engaged是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 having formally agreed to marry -- 已订婚的

  • Debbie and Christa have just got engaged. 戴比和克丽丝塔刚刚订婚。

  • She was engaged to some guy in the army. 她和一个当兵的订了婚。

  • formal They're engaged to be married in June. 他们订了婚，将于6月完婚。

• 1 involved in something -- 卷入…的；从事…的

  • They've been engaged in a legal battle with the council for several months. 数月来他们一直在与市政委员会进行法律斗争。

  • She's part of a team of scientists who are engaged on/upon cancer research. 她是从事癌症研究的科学家小组成员。

  • I'd come to the meeting on Tuesday but I'm afraid I'm otherwise engaged (= doing something else). 我很想参加周二的会议，但是恐怕我另有公务，脱不开身。

• 2 If a phone or public toilet is engaged, someone is already using it. -- （电话）占线的，忙的；（公厕）有人使用的

  • Every time I call her, she/the phone/the number is engaged. 每次我给她打电话，她的电话都占线。

  • UK I've been trying to call him all evening, but I keep getting the engaged tone. 我整个晚上都在试着给他打电话，但每次听到的都是忙音。

  • The sign on the toilet door said "Engaged". 厕所门上的显示牌显示“有人”。