engagement

美 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒmənt]

英 [ɪn'ɡeɪdʒmənt]

复数：engagements

同义词

appointment,meeting,rendezvous,assignation,visit

engagement

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婚前before marriage

1.	[c] 订婚；订婚期间an agreement to marry sb; the period during which two people are engaged

	Their engagement was announced in the local paper. 他们订婚的消息已在当地报纸上公布。
	She has broken off her engagement to Charles. 她已解除同查尔斯的婚约。
	an engagement party 订婚宴会
	a long/short engagement 长╱短婚约期

约定arrangement to do sth

2.	[c] （尤指正式的或与工作有关的）约定，约会，预约an arrangement to do sth at a particular time, especially sth official or sth connected with your job

	an engagement book/diary 预约簿╱日志
	He has a number of social engagements next week. 他下周有几次社交约会。
	It was her first official engagement . 那是她第一次正式约会。
	I had to refuse because of a prior engagement . 我因为已经有预约只好拒绝了。

战斗fighting

3.	[c][u] 战斗；交战fighting between two armies, etc.

The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy.

将军竭力避免与敌军交火。

联系being involved

4.	[u] ~ (with sb/sth) （与…的）密切关系；（对…的）了解being involved with sb/sth in an attempt to understand them/it

Her views are based on years of engagement with the problems of the inner city.

她的观点是以多年对内城区问题的了解为基础的。

雇用employment

5.	[u][c] 雇用；聘用an arrangement to employ sb; the process of employing sb

The terms of engagement are to be agreed in writing.

聘用条款应有书面协议。