engage
verb OPAL W
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they engage | /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it engages | /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪz/ /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple engaged | /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ |
| past participle engaged | /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form engaging | /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/ /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] engage something/somebody (formal) to succeed in attracting and keeping somebody’s attention and interest
吸引住（注意力、兴趣） - It is a movie that engages both the mind and the eye.
这是一部令人赏心悦目的影片。 - Their pleas failed to engage any sympathy.
他们的请求没有引起任何同情。 - to engage the public/audience/viewer/reader
吸引公众/观众/观众/读者 - It was difficult to engage the students at first.
起初很难吸引学生。 - The party is attempting to engage young voters politically.
这个政党设法让年轻选民参与政治。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- directly
- fully
- …
- fail to
- refuse to
- with
- actively
- constructively
- openly
- …
- attempt to
- seek to
- try to
- …
- It is a movie that engages both the mind and the eye.
- [transitive] (formal) to employ a person, company, etc. to do a particular job
雇用；聘用 - engage somebody/something She has aready engaged a lawyer.
她已经和律师订婚了。 - We will have to engage the services of a translator.
我们得聘一名翻译人员。 - engage somebody/something as something He was immediately engaged as a consultant.
他立即被聘为顾问。 - engage somebody/something to do something Karl Böhm engaged her to sing in Vienna.
卡尔·伯姆约她在维也纳唱歌。
- Some of the directors wanted to engage another firm.
一些董事想雇用另一家公司。 - They have engaged companies as subcontractors for the construction work
他们聘请公司作为建筑工程的分包商 - The government engages charitable organizations to help in the distribution of food
政府聘请慈善组织帮助分发食物
- engage somebody/something She has aready engaged a lawyer.
- [intransitive] engage (with something/somebody) to become involved with and try to understand something/somebody
与…建立密切关系；尽力理解 - She has the ability to engage with young minds.
她能够与年轻人心意相通。
- We acknowledge the need to engage directly with these problems.
我们承认需要立即处理这些问题。 - Our contributors are actively engaging with tradition.
我们的撰稿人在积极地涉猎传统问题。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- directly
- fully
- …
- fail to
- refuse to
- with
- actively
- constructively
- openly
- …
- attempt to
- seek to
- try to
- …
- She has the ability to engage with young minds.
- [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to begin fighting with somebody
与（某人）交战；与（某人）开战 - engage somebody He ordered his men to engage the enemy.
他命令他的士兵与敌人开战。 - engage with somebody The fleet sailed out of Cadiz to engage with the enemy.
舰队驶出加的斯与敌人交战。
- engage somebody He ordered his men to engage the enemy.
- [intransitive, transitive] when a part of a machine engages, or when you engage it, it fits together with another part of the machine and the machine begins to work
（使）衔接，啮合 - The cogwheels are not engaging.
齿轮未啮合在一起。 - engage with something One cogwheel engages with the next.
齿轮一个个啮合在一起。 - engage something Engage the clutch before selecting a gear.
先踩离合器再挂挡。
opposite disengage - The cogwheels are not engaging.
词源late Middle English (formerly also as ingage): from French engager, ultimately from the base of gage, ‘a pledge or deposit offered as a guarantee’. The 词源ally meant ‘to pawn or pledge something’, later ‘pledge oneself (to do something)’, hence ‘enter into a contract’ (mid 16th cent.), ‘involve oneself in an activity’, ‘enter into combat’ (mid 17th cent.), giving rise to the notion ‘involve someone or something else’.