engagement
n. 订婚(期); 约会; 交战
An engagement is an arrangement that you have made to do something at a particular time.
He had an engagement at a restaurant in Greek Street at eight.
他8点在希腊街的一个餐厅有个约会。
...business-related social engagements.
与公事有关的社交约会
An engagement is an agreement that two people have made with each other to get married.
I've broken off my engagement to Arthur...
我已经解除了与阿瑟的婚约。
Announcing our engagement was a relief.
宣布婚约让我们松了一口气。
You can refer to the period of time during which two people are engaged as their engagement .
I felt our engagement was quite an unhappy time.
我觉得我们订婚期间非常不愉快。
A military engagement is an armed conflict between two enemies.
The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil.
宪法禁止他们在外国采取军事行动。
1. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;
2. a meeting arranged in advance;
3. a mutual promise to marry
4. the act of giving someone a job
5. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time;
6. contact by fitting together;
7. the act of sharing in the activities of a group;
battle, war, campaign, struggle, warfare, fight, combat, engagement
这些名词均有"战斗,战争"之意。
engagement, appointment, date
这些名词均有"约会"之意。
Since you have a previous engagement, why didn't you say so?
既然有事, 何不早说?
When Mary broke off the engagement, John seemed to be in a flat spin.
玛丽解除婚姻后, 约翰似乎精神失常了.
She backed out of her engagement.
她没遵守婚约.
He cannot go for he has a previous engagement.
他不能去,因他已先有约会.
I have a prior engagement at five.
我已经先有一个在五点钟的约会.
n. 契约;约定
promisebargainwordpactvowcontractarrangementwarrantycovenantagreementcompactguaranteestipulationpledge
n. 战斗
actionstruggleskirmishencounterconflictconfrontaionwarfarebattleclashfightwarcombat
n. 约会
appointmentinterviewrendezvoustrystdatemeetingassignation
n. 订婚
betrothalbetrothmentespousalplighting
n. 雇用;职业
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