engages
v. 从事( engage的第三人称单数 ); 使从事(某种事业等) (in); 吸引或引起(注意、兴趣等); 与(某人)交战
If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it.
I have never engaged in the drug trade...
我从未参与过毒品交易。
You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.
你可以参加南边草坪上的槌球游戏。
If something engages you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it.
They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others.
他们从未学过吸引他人注意的技巧。
If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them.
They tried to engage him in conversation...
他们试图跟他交谈。
We want to engage recognized leaders in discussion.
我们想和公认的领袖们进行讨论。
If you engage with something or with a group of people, you get involved with that thing or group and feel that you are connected with it or have real contact with it.
She found it hard to engage with office life...
她发现很难适应办公室生活。
She had vowed to go out of her way to engage with the Irish people at local community level.
她已经发誓要努力和当地的爱尔兰人建立关系。
If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it.
We engaged the services of a recognised engineer...
我们雇用了一个公认的杰出工程师。
He had been able to engage some staff.
他已经能够雇用一些员工。
When a part of a machine or other mechanism engages or when you engage it, it moves into a position where it fits into something else.
Press the lever until you hear the catch engage.
压下挡杆,直到听到挡挂好。
...a lesson in how to engage the four-wheel drive.
如何使四轮驱动啮合的课程
When a military force engages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle.
It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes.
从这可以避开敌方鱼雷区对敌人发动进攻。
It is a movie that engages both the mind and the eye.
这是一部令人赏心悦目的影片。
She engages in friendly banter with her customers.
她常和顾客逗乐.
This farm engages in animal - breeding and agriculture.
这个农场农牧业都搞.
He industriously engages in unostentatious hard work.
他勤勤恳恳,埋头苦干.
His good nature engages everyone.
他善良的性情吸引每个人.