| 词汇 | engaged |
| 释义 | engaged adjective uk /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ us /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ engagedadjective (MARRIAGE)B1 having formally agreed to marry: 已订婚的 get engagedDebbie and Christa have just got engaged.戴比和克丽丝塔刚刚订婚。 engaged toShe was engaged to some guy in the army.她和一个当兵的订了婚。 engaged to be marriedformalThey're engaged to be married in June.他们订了婚，将于6月完婚。 He asked her to sign a prenuptial agreement when they got engaged.他们订婚时他要求她签了一份婚前协议。 She told me that she'd been engaged three times, but had never actually married. This photo was taken when we were engaged. Where this form asks about my marital status, should I write 'engaged' or just 'single'? She got engaged to her childhood sweetheart as soon as she left school. Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships adulteress affinal as husband and wifeidiom be an itemidiom be shacked upidiom have an affair have something going with someoneidiom hear wedding bellsidiom hitched honest matrimonially matrimony monogamist monogamous ménage à trois seven-year itch shack shack up situationship something engagedadjective (INVOLVED/BUSY)[ after verb ] involved in something: 卷入…的;从事…的 engaged inThey've been engaged in a legal battle with the council for several months.数月来他们一直在与市政委员会进行法律斗争。 engaged on/uponShe's part of a team of scientists who are engaged on/upon cancer research.她是从事癌症研究的科学家小组成员。 [ after verb ]formal busy doing something: 忙于某事的 otherwise engagedI'd come to the meeting on Tuesday but I'm afraid I'm otherwise engaged (= doing something else).我很想参加周二的会议，但是恐怕我另有公务，脱不开身。 not available busyI'm busy all morning - can we meet up in the afternoon? tied upI'll be tied up in meetings until 3.00pm, but could meet after that. unavailableThe CEO is currently unavailable - may I take a message? engagedI can't come to tea - I'm engaged elsewhere. The soldiers were engaged in hand-to-hand combat.士兵们展开了肉搏战。 Rescuers were engaged in a frantic all-night effort to reach the survivors before their supply of air ran out.救援人员整个晚上都在全力奋战，要在幸存者空气耗尽之前找到他们。 So, what is this big research project you're engaged upon at the moment? We wondered whether the mysterious gentleman was engaged upon a secret government mission. During the war, she was actively engaged in the resistance. Busy and active abustle be (as) busy as a beeidiom be all goidiom be at workidiom be back in harnessidiom boot floruit frenetic frenetically gangbusters girlie swot peak plate rev rough and tumbleidiom run around run round run round in circlesidiom run round like a headless chickenidiom spread You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unavailable and inaccessible Machines - Functioning engagedadjective (IN USE)B1 If a phone or public toilet is engaged, someone is already using it: （电话）占线的，忙的；（公厕）有人使用的 Every time I call her, she/the phone/the number is engaged.每次我给她打电话，她的电话都占线。 get the engaged toneUKI've been trying to call him all evening, but I keep getting the engaged tone.我整个晚上都在试着给他打电话，但每次听到的都是忙音。 The sign on the toilet door said "Engaged".厕所门上的显示牌显示“有人”。 Compare vacant(EMPTY) His phone is engaged - can I put you on hold? I've called him several times but his phone is always engaged. The doctor's consulting room said "Engaged" on the door, but nobody was in there. When the aircraft's toilet is engaged, the "occupied" sign is lit up. All of the cubicles in the changing room were engaged, so we had to wait a few minutes. Unavailable and inaccessible booked up busy busy signal discontinued gone impenetrability impenetrable irrecoverable irrecoverably lost non-availability out-of-pocket season tie tie someone up unaccounted for unavailability unavailable unopenable engaged | American Dictionaryengaged adjective[ not gradable ] us/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ publicly promising that you intend to marry someone: They decided to get engaged. engaged | Business Englishengaged adjective uk /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/us COMMUNICATIONS UK if a telephone is engaged, someone is already using it: Customers calling to book tickets found the line was constantly engaged. See also busy busy doing something: The president is currently engaged but you can meet with his deputy. be engaged as sth to be working as something: At that time she was engaged as an adviser to several government departments. be engaged in sth to be involved in something: The broadcaster is engaged in a complex legal battle over a failed joint venture. |
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