英 [ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd] 美 [ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd]
adj. 已订婚的；从事……的，忙于……的；电话占线的；（公用卫生间）被占用的；（圆柱）附墙的，部分砌在墙内的
v. 雇用，聘请；参加，从事；吸引，引起；与……交战，开战（engage 的过去式和过去分词）
engaged /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ TEM4
形容词 Someone who is engaged in a particular activity is doing that thing. 正从事的
...the various projects he was engaged in.
…他从事过的不同项目。
形容词 When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. 已订婚的
We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday.
我们在我18岁生日那天订婚了。
形容词 If a telephone or a telephone line is engaged, it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning. 占线的
I tried to reach him, but the line was engaged.
我试过联系他，但电话占线。
形容词 If a public toilet is engaged, it is already being used by someone else. 使用中的
involved in military hostilities
the desperately engaged ships continued the fight
reserved in advance
同义词： booked / set-aside(p)
(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
the gears are engaged
同义词： meshed / intermeshed
having services contracted for
the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick
built against or attached to a wall
engaged columns
交锋
(齿轮等)啮合的，接合的；钩住的，交结在一起的；(轮子)互相连接的
(齿轮等)接合，啮合 (with)：
使附联
(柱)附墙的，部分附着于建筑物的
进攻，攻击；与(敌人)交战，使(军队)交战：
交战，交火，交手 (with)：
占线的
... hold ones hand 牵某人的手 engaged 已订婚的；与某人进行工作谈话的；（指电话）占线的；（指厕所等）有人用的 passionate 多情的；充满**的，激昂的；情意绵绵的 ...
... retained动词retain的过去式... engaged忙碌的 kept保存的 ...
当来球力量小时，能适当地给以(Give)迎击的力量(Force)，使球垫到位(Place)；当来球力量大时，能变迎击(Engaged)的行为为随球后撤的缓冲(Buffer)作为，从而裁减球的反弹力，人生须知道负责任的苦处，才能知道有尽责任的乐处，--梁启超不至于(B...
...召来的医生点头表示同意；如果你高兴的话，我简明地把她在马莎帮助下回到她舅舅身边一事告诉了他；喏，因为她 已订婚 （ Engaged ）。毕竟风险也许不会太大的，忽见钰福媳妇爱氏勿勿自门内走出，现在，我应当试试，其中一个人说道。
engaging 迷人的
engagement 婚约；约会；交战；诺言
engaging 参加（engage的ing形式）；保证；雇用
engage 从事；答应，保证；交战；啮合
engage 吸引，占用；使参加；雇佣；使订婚；预定
保证；约定；同…订婚（engage的过去分词）
I have never engaged in drug trafficking.
我从来没有从事过贩毒。
When did you get engaged ?
你们什么时候订的婚？
They were engaged in conversation.
他们正谈得来劲。
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated,can long endure.
VOA : special.2011.02.07
So this is trying to reverse them that tradition actually get students in and engaged in the course material.
因此这也是试图将学生,从这种传统中扭转出来,从而使他们能更专注于课堂内容。
媒体、教育、市场课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
I can see many people who are engaged in art here. What do you think about them?
在这里我可以看到许多醉心于艺术的人。你怎么看待他们呢？
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 去过超市吗？
"Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
VOA : special.2009.11.12
Oprah Winfrey became engaged to Stedman Graham in nineteen ninety-two but they have not married.
VOA : special.2010.04.16
The mobile phone number of the man we are supposed to meet here is suspiciously engaged.
Jones has founded and led four not-for-profit organizations engaged in social and environmental justice.
In between publishing Uses and Goldsmiths, Hoggart was engaged in various other civic duties.