engaged
adj. (指厕所等)有人用的; 已订婚的; (指电话)占线的; 忙碌的
v. 与某人订婚; 保证,约定; 从事( engage的过去式和过去分词); 吸引或引起(注意、兴趣等)
Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing.
They found the three engaged in target practice.
他们发现那3个人在练习打靶。
...the various projects he was engaged on.
他参与的各种项目
When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other.
We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday...
在我18岁生日那天我们订婚了。
He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman.
他和朱莉娅·玛丽亚·博德曼小姐订婚了。
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.
The line is engaged...
电话占线。
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。
If a public toilet is engaged, it is already being used by someone else.
1. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged;
2. involved in military hostilities;
3. reserved in advance
4. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line);
5. (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting;
6. having services contracted for;
7. built against or attached to a wall;
8. pledged to be married;
He was engaged to my sister.
他和我妹妹订婚了.
They engaged a resident tutor.
他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师.
He is engaged just now.
他正有事.
He is engaged in scientific research.
他从事科研工作.
They have engaged in trade for many years.
他们经商已多年.