engaged

英 [ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd]

美 [ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd]

adj.  忙于; 从事于; 已订婚; 被占用的; 使用中的
v.  吸引住(注意力、兴趣); 雇用; 聘用; 与…建立密切关系; 尽力理解
engage的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：engaged　过去式：engaged　

GRETEM8

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.14043 / COCA.10128

同义词辨析

busyactiveengaged【导航词义：忙碌的】

牛津词典

adj.

• 忙于；从事于
  busy doing sth
  1. They are engaged in talks with the Irish government.
     他们正忙着与爱尔兰政府谈判。
  2. He is now engaged on his second novel.
     他正埋头写他的第二部小说。
  3. I can't come to dinner on Tuesday─I'm otherwise engaged (= I have already arranged to do something else) .
     我星期二不能来参加宴会——我另有安排。
  4. They were engaged in conversation.
     他们正谈得来劲。
• 已订婚
  having agreed to marry sb
  1. She's engaged to Peter.
     她与彼得订了婚。
  2. They are engaged to be married (= to each other) .
     他们已经订婚。
  3. When did you get engaged ?
     你们什么时候订的婚？
  4. an engaged couple
     已订婚的一对
• 被占用的；使用中的
  being used
  1. I couldn't get through─the line's engaged.
     我打不通电话——线路忙。
  2. I phoned earlier but you were engaged (= using your phone) .
     我早先打过电话，但你那边占线。
  3. the engaged tone/signal
     忙音；占线信号
• 占用着；使用中
  being used

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 从事…的;忙于…的
  Someone who isengaged inorengaged ona particular activity is doing that thing.
  1. They found the three engaged in target practice.
     他们发现那3个人在练习打靶。
  2. ...the various projects he was engaged on.
     他参与的各种项目
• ADJ 订婚的
  When two people areengaged, they have agreed to marry each other.
  1. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday...
     在我18岁生日那天我们订婚了。
  2. He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman.
     他和朱莉娅·玛丽亚·博德曼小姐订婚了。
  3. ...the engaged couple.
     那对订婚的情侣
• ADJ （电话）占线的
  If a telephone or a telephone line isengaged, it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning.
  1. The line is engaged...
     电话占线。
  2. We tried to call you back but you were engaged.
     我们试着给你回电，但是你正在通话中。

in AM, use 美国英语用 busy


• （公共厕所）被占用的，使用中的
  If a public toilet isengaged, it is already being used by someone else.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 occupied

英英释义

adj

• having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
  1. she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities
  2. deeply engaged in conversation
  Synonym:occupied
• built against or attached to a wall
  1. engaged columns
• having services contracted for
  1. the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick
• (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
  1. the gears are engaged
  2. meshed gears
  3. intermeshed twin rotors
  Synonym:meshedintermeshed
• involved in military hostilities
  1. the desperately engaged ships continued the fight
• (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability
  1. her line is busy
  2. receptionists' telephones are always engaged
  3. the lavatory is in use
  4. kept getting a busy signal
  Synonym:busyin use(p)
• reserved in advance
  Synonym:bookedset-aside(p)

双语例句

• Animal rights activists have been engaged in an increasingly bitter war of words with many of the nation's zoos.
  动物权利保护者和该国多家动物园展开了越来越激烈的论战。
• The soldiers were engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
  战士们与敌人展开了肉搏。
• I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.
  我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。
• The London City Ballet has engaged two male dancers from the Bolshoi
  伦敦市芭蕾舞团从波修瓦芭蕾舞团聘来了两名男舞蹈演员。
• We engaged the services of a recognised engineer
  我们雇用了一个公认的杰出工程师。
• He is engaged in commerce.
  他从事商业。
• He has been engaged 10 years on the dictionary.
  他从事这本词典的编纂工作已达10年之久。
• Tom is engaged to Anne.
  汤姆已与安妮订婚。
• We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday
  在我18岁生日那天我们订婚了。
• They have engaged in trade for many years.
  他们经商已多年。