engaged
美音:[en´geıdʒd
]
英音:[en´geıdʒd
]
adj.忙碌的,使用中的
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engaged为短语/超纲词汇
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engaged
adj [usu pred 通常作表语]
1 (of a person) busy; occupied （指人）忙着, 时间占用着
*I can't come to dinner on Tuesday; I'm otherwise engaged, ie I've already arranged to do something else. 我星期二不能来参加宴会, 我有别的事.
2 (Brit) (US busy) (of a telephone line) in use （指电话线）使用着, 占线
*Sorry! That number's engaged. 对不起! 这个号码现在占线.
* [attrib 作定语] the engaged tone/signal, ie sound that tells the caller that the telephone line is engaged 占线声[占线信号].
3 ~ (to sb) (of a person or two people) having agreed to marry （指一人或两人）已订婚
*She's engaged to Peter. 她与彼得订了婚.
* They're engaged (to be married), ie to each other. 他们俩订婚了.
* We've just got engaged. 我们刚刚订婚.
* [attrib 作定语] an engaged couple. 已订婚的双方.
4 (a) (esp of a toilet) occupied; already in use （尤指厕所）占用着, 使用着.
(b) (of seats, tables, etc) reserved for later use （指座位、桌子等）预订.
1 (of a person) busy; occupied （指人）忙着, 时间占用着
*I can't come to dinner on Tuesday; I'm otherwise engaged, ie I've already arranged to do something else. 我星期二不能来参加宴会, 我有别的事.
2 (Brit) (US busy) (of a telephone line) in use （指电话线）使用着, 占线
*Sorry! That number's engaged. 对不起! 这个号码现在占线.
* [attrib 作定语] the engaged tone/signal, ie sound that tells the caller that the telephone line is engaged 占线声[占线信号].
3 ~ (to sb) (of a person or two people) having agreed to marry （指一人或两人）已订婚
*She's engaged to Peter. 她与彼得订了婚.
* They're engaged (to be married), ie to each other. 他们俩订婚了.
* We've just got engaged. 我们刚刚订婚.
* [attrib 作定语] an engaged couple. 已订婚的双方.
4 (a) (esp of a toilet) occupied; already in use （尤指厕所）占用着, 使用着.
(b) (of seats, tables, etc) reserved for later use （指座位、桌子等）预订.
engaged
adj
if two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry
Have you heard? Sally and Ray are getting engaged .
She is engaged to be married .
engaged to
Kate's engaged to a guy from England.
BrE if you call someone on the telephone and their line is engaged, they are already speaking to someone else
American Equivalent: busy
She rang Mrs Tavett but the line was engaged .
engaged tone/signal
(=the sound you hear when the phone is engaged)
BrE written a public toilet that is engaged is being used
≠ vacant
be otherwise engaged
formal to be unable to do something because you are doing something else
if two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry
Have you heard? Sally and Ray are getting engaged .
She is engaged to be married .
engaged to
Kate's engaged to a guy from England.
BrE if you call someone on the telephone and their line is engaged, they are already speaking to someone else
American Equivalent: busy
She rang Mrs Tavett but the line was engaged .
engaged tone/signal
(=the sound you hear when the phone is engaged)
BrE written a public toilet that is engaged is being used
≠ vacant
be otherwise engaged
formal to be unable to do something because you are doing something else
1. Bruce engaged low gear and drove at a terrifying speed.
布鲁斯接上了低档，开车速度令人害怕；
2. The two young men rented a house in the town and engaged two Negro women to be housekeepers.
两个青年人在城里租了一所房子，请了两个黑人妇女做管家。
3. How many spiders are engaged in this work on our behalf?
有多少蜘蛛在为我们效力呢？
4. She was engaged to a young man, a tenant of his.
她和一个年轻人, 伯爵的一个佃户, 订了婚.
5. Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.
某些大公司进行的研究属于一般和基础的研究，因此不保密对他们才有利。
6. I got engaged last month.
我上个月订婚.
7. In so far as any inquiry is a secret one, it naturally limits all those engaged in carrying it out from effective contact with their fellow scientists either in other countries or in universities,
任何一项研究都涉及到保密，那些从事科研的人员自然受到了限制。他们不能和其他国家、其他大学、
8. For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity, and that is one of the things the young are busily engaged in seeking.
因为这至少使我得到了某种承认，这正是年轻人所热衷追求的。
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布鲁斯接上了低档，开车速度令人害怕；
2. The two young men rented a house in the town and engaged two Negro women to be housekeepers.
两个青年人在城里租了一所房子，请了两个黑人妇女做管家。
3. How many spiders are engaged in this work on our behalf?
有多少蜘蛛在为我们效力呢？
4. She was engaged to a young man, a tenant of his.
她和一个年轻人, 伯爵的一个佃户, 订了婚.
5. Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.
某些大公司进行的研究属于一般和基础的研究，因此不保密对他们才有利。
6. I got engaged last month.
我上个月订婚.
7. In so far as any inquiry is a secret one, it naturally limits all those engaged in carrying it out from effective contact with their fellow scientists either in other countries or in universities,
任何一项研究都涉及到保密，那些从事科研的人员自然受到了限制。他们不能和其他国家、其他大学、
8. For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity, and that is one of the things the young are busily engaged in seeking.
因为这至少使我得到了某种承认，这正是年轻人所热衷追求的。
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