engage
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++en·gage /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ ●○○ verb formal 1 [intransitive always + preposition] to be doing or to become involved in an activity 参加，参与〔活动〕engage in/on/upon Only 10% of American adults engage in regular exercise. 只有10%的美国成年人定期进行锻炼。 The two parties engaged upon an escalating political struggle. 两党之间的政治斗争日益加剧。 Mr Armstrong was engaged in prayer. 阿姆斯特朗先生在祷告。engage in doing something Despite her illness, she remains actively engaged in shaping policy. 尽管有病在身，她还是积极参与政策的制定。2 [transitive]BUSY/NOT AVAILABLE to attract someone’s attention and keep them interested 吸引〔某人的兴趣〕engage somebody’s interest/attention The toy didn’t engage her interest for long. 这个玩具对她的吸引力没有维持多久。engage somebody in conversation (=start talking to them) 开始与某人攀谈3 engage with somebody/something formal to get involved with other people and their ideas in order to understand them 与某人/某事物建立密切关系 Are you so tired you don’t have the energy to engage with your kids? 你难道累得都没有精力陪你的孩子们了吗？4 [transitive]BEJOB/WORK formal to employ someone to do a particular job 雇用，聘请engage somebody to do something Her father engaged a tutor to improve her maths. 她爸爸请了一位家庭教师给她补习数学。engage somebody as something We’d be able to engage local people as volunteers. 我们可以请当地人做志愿者。5 T[intransitive, transitive] if you engage part of a machine, or if it engages, it moves so that it fits into another part of the machine (使)〔机器〕啮合，接合 OPP disengage She engaged the clutch and the car moved. 她踩下离合器，汽车便开动了。engage with The wheel engages with the cog and turns it. 轮子咬住轮齿并带动它转动。6 [intransitive, transitive]PMFIGHT to begin to fight an enemy 与〔敌人〕开战 American forces did not directly engage. 美军没有直接参战。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
engage• She didn't appear to beat all like the kind of lady who would be engaging a maid.• Paul was engaged as a junior clerk at a very low wage.• The two armies engaged at dawn.• I was engaged in enquiry into the matter when I learnt of the attack upon her sister.• Trained to futility by now, we will be ready to engage in further enterprises of a futile nature.• All students should engage in intellectually challenging work and should graduate on the basis of what they know and can do.• And if you have a deadlock system, don't forget to engage it.• No Man has more wit, nor can any one engage the attention more than Mr Morris.• She is a storyteller who can engage the children's imagination.• She engaged the clutch and put the car into first gear.• The vet was increasingly busy and had to engage two new assistants.engage in/on/upon• On the analysis offered here, rationality is partly a matter of engaging in a dialogue with others in an appropriate way.• Perhaps, years later, children would finally get the chance to engage in a tennis volley.• He says that the two Professors have become engaged in an increasingly bad-tempered debate on the nature of light.• Everyone else who was not engaged in either survey data collection or ship handling seemed to be doing the same.• Nature programs every successful species to engage in gender and inter-generational cooperation to the extent that is necessary for reproduction.• They come close to enjoining all scientists to refuse to engage in military research but then back off at the last moment.• Transformational leadership at the whole-organization level, then, involves more than engaging in the daily fray.• Instead, they say industry should engage in the debate to promote the life-saving benefits from testing treatments on animals.engage somebody in conversation• I was in terror that he might try to engage me in conversation.• In the office, some girls have engaged the secretary in conversation.• They spoke little about life outside the organization despite my efforts to engage them in conversation about it.• Through the all-night watches he engaged officers in conversation, asked them questions about world affairs.• Lydia felt briefly sorry for her and attempted to engage her in conversation, but it was no good.• I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner.• Ten minutes later I tried again to engage him in conversation with a friendly word.• An outgoing man, Mr Gibbs engaged himself in conversation with Jimmy and the boy's sisters.engage somebody to do something• The board engaged Thompson to conduct a series of seminars.engage with• The wheel engages with the cog and turns it.From Longman Business Dictionaryengageen‧gage /ɪnˈgeɪdʒ/ verb [transitive] formal to arrange to employ someone or to pay someone to do something for youengage somebody to do somethingYou will need to engage a commercial lawyer to protect your interests in the drafting of a contract.→ See Verb tableOrigin engage (1500-1600) French engager, from gage “something given as a promise”en·gage verbChineseSyllable
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engage
en‧gage W3 /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
verb formal
engage in/on/upon
Only 10% of American adults engage in regular exercise.
The two parties engaged upon an escalating political struggle.
Mr Armstrong was engaged in prayer.
engage in doing something
Despite her illness, she remains actively engaged in shaping policy.
2. [transitive] to attract someone’s attention and keep them interested
engage sb’s interest/attention
The toy didn’t engage her interest for long.
engage somebody in conversation (=start talking to them)
3. engage with somebody/something to get involved with other people and their ideas in order to understand them:
Are you so tired you don’t have the energy to engage with your kids?
4. [transitive] formal to employ someone to do a particular job
engage somebody to do something
Her father engaged a tutor to improve her maths.
engage somebody as something
We’d be able to engage local people as volunteers.
5. [intransitive and transitive] if you engage part of a machine, or if it engages, it moves so that it fits into another part of the machine
OPP disengage:
She engaged the clutch and the car moved.
engage with
The wheel engages with the cog and turns it.
6. [intransitive and transitive] to begin to fight an enemy:
American forces did not directly engage.
en‧gage W3 /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
verb formal Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: engager, from gage 'something given as a promise'
1. [intransitive always + preposition] to be doing or to become involved in an activityLanguage: French
Origin: engager, from gage 'something given as a promise'
engage in/on/upon
engage in doing something
2. [transitive] to attract someone’s attention and keep them interested
engage sb’s interest/attention
engage somebody in conversation (=start talking to them)
3. engage with somebody/something to get involved with other people and their ideas in order to understand them:
4. [transitive] formal to employ someone to do a particular job
engage somebody to do something
engage somebody as something
5. [intransitive and transitive] if you engage part of a machine, or if it engages, it moves so that it fits into another part of the machine
OPP disengage:
engage with
6. [intransitive and transitive] to begin to fight an enemy:
