engagement的中文翻译是什么意思
engagement
n. 订婚（期）; 约会; 交战
engagement的柯林斯释义
N-COUNT约会;约定
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
N-COUNT婚约
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。
N-COUNT订婚期
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。
N-VAR交战;战斗
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。
engagement的英文释义
Noun
1. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
2. a meeting arranged in advance;
- she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
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;
- the play had bookings throughout the summer
6. contact by fitting together;
- the engagement of the clutch
- the meshing of gears
7. the act of sharing in the activities of a group;
- the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities
engagement的同义词辨析
battle, war, campaign, struggle, warfare, fight, combat, engagement
这些名词均有"战斗，战争"之意。
- battle ： 侧重指战争中的一次较全面、时间较长的战斗，也指陆军或海军在某一特定地区进行的战斗，或个人之间的争斗。
- war ： 是战争的总称，一般指包括多个战役的大规模战争。
- campaign ： 通常指在一场大的战争中在某一地区进行的一连串有既定目的的军事行动。也可作引申用。
- struggle ： 指激烈或时间持续长的战斗或奋力斗争。
- warfare ： 侧重指战争状态或具体的作战方法。
- fight ： 最普通用词，含义广，指战斗、斗争或打斗。
- combat ： 泛指军事行动，尤指小规模的战斗，甚至是格斗。
- engagement ： 指交战，交火。
engagement, appointment, date
这些名词均有"约会"之意。
- engagement ： 普通用词，可与本组的另外两个词换用。泛指任何商定的地点和时间见面，专指针对某一目的约会。
- appointment ： 通常指严格根据时间表上预约的时间进行的约见或约会，其目的主要是讨论公事或业务问题。
- date ： 主要指朋友之间的随便约见或男女之间的约会。
engagement的场景例句
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.
engagement的词性变形
engagement的近义词
n. 契约;约定
promisebargainwordpactvowcontractarrangementwarrantycovenantagreementcompactguaranteestipulationpledge
n. 战斗
actionstruggleskirmishencounterconflictconfrontaionwarfarebattleclashfightwarcombat
n. 约会
appointmentinterviewrendezvoustrystdatemeetingassignation
n. 订婚
betrothalbetrothmentespousalplighting
n. 雇用;职业
其他释义