engages

1. vt. 吸引,占用 attract; catch and hold attention
2. vt. & vi. (使)从事于,(使)忙于 take part in; busy oneself with
3. vt. 雇,聘 hire; employ; get the right to use or occupy; reserve
4. vt. 使订婚 be bound by a promise to marry
5. vt. & vi. 允诺; 保证 promise; guarantee

• engage a hall租下大厅
• engage a room预订房间

• engage at once立即开始
• engage actively积极从事
• engage busily忙于
• engage exclusively全力从事
• engage hotly热情地聘请
• engage ordinarily通常地聘请
• engage successfully成功地聘请

• engage as聘请为…
• engage sb as adviser聘请某人当顾问
• engage for应允,保证,约定
• engage for sb's good behaviour保证某人行为端正
• engage for sb's honesty保证某人诚实
• engage in从事,忙于,参加
• engage in animal husbandry从事畜牧业工作
• engage in a discussion进行讨论
• engage in making clothes忙于做衣服
• engage on着手,从事
• engage oneself to答应和某人订婚,约束(自己),担保
• engage with忙于接待〔应付〕,和(敌人)交战
• engage with the enemy和敌军交战
• engage with a visitor陪客人

engage in从事于（参加）

engage with交战；与…接洽

engage on从事；开始

1. The restaurant decide to engage a pop singer.
   餐馆决定雇用一名流行歌手。
2. If the big gear did not engage with the small one,the machine would refuse to work.
   如果大齿轮与小齿轮不相啮合的话，机器就不会工作。
3. Our orders are to engage (the enemy) immediately.
   我们的命令是立即(与敌军)开战。
4. I will engage to manage the business if you will engage to provide the capital.
   如果你答应出资本，我答应经管这个生意。
5. Jack and Anne are engaged.
   杰克和安妮订婚了。
6. I have engaged a room at this hotel.
   我已经在这个旅馆里预订了一个房间。
7. I have no time to engage in the debate.
   我没时间参加辩论。
8. Is it wise to engage in active sports at your age?
   我这样的年纪积极参加体育活动是否明智？
9. They engage in the study of music.
   他们从事音乐研究。
10. Those who engage in mental work are also workers.
    从事脑力劳动的人也是劳动者。