| 釋義 |
engagement /in'geidsmant; in'se6zmsnt/ n [C] 1 (formal) promise or undertaking, esp one that is formal or made in writing: (IE式用語) 約定; 契約： He has only enough money to meet his ~s, to make the payments he has undertaken to make. 他僅有約定要 d 的款。 2 agreement to marry: 婚約： Their ~ was announced in the papers. 他們訂婚的消息登報了。 ring, one given by a man to a woman when they agree to marry. 訂婚戒指。 3 arrangement to go somewhere, meet someone or do sth, at a fixed time: 約會： I have numerous ~s for next week. 我在下浦有很多約會。 4 battle: 戰(zhàn)斗; 交戰(zhàn)： The admiral tried to bring about an ~, to make the enemy fight. 海軍上將設(shè)法迫敵人交戰(zhàn)。 5 [C, U] engaging (of part of a machine, etc): (指機器之一部分等) 嚙合： ~ of first gear. 第一排擋的嚙合。 |