engagement是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an agreement to marry someone -- 订婚

  • They announced their engagement at the party on Saturday. 他们在周六的聚会上宣布了他们订婚的消息。

  • an engagement party 订婚宴会

• 1 an arrangement to meet someone or do something at a particular time -- 约定；约会；预约

  • a dinner engagement 晚餐预约

  • I'm afraid I have a previous/prior engagement (= another arrangement already made). 对不起，我已经有约了。

• 2 the act of beginning to fight someone, or a period of time in a war -- 交战，交火；战斗