记忆方法
双解例句
小知识
If you are a musician or performer and you arrange for a performance, then you have booked an engagement. You might stand in line for tickets when your favorite comedian books an engagement at the local theater.
An engagement can also be a general appointment. A previous engagement is the perfect excuse not to go to the opera with your grandmother. An engagement also means an agreement to get married. The news of your engagement might please everyone you know except your fiancé's ex-girlfriend. A military engagement is a hostile meeting of military forces on opposing sides of a conflict.
实用短语
单词用法
同义词辨析
这些名词均有”战斗,战争”之意。
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。
同义词
promise / bargain / word / pact / vow / contract / arrangement / warranty / covenant / agreement / compact / guarantee / stipulation / pledge
action / struggle / skirmish / encounter / conflict / confrontaion / warfare / battle / clash / fight / war / combat
appointment / interview / rendezvous / tryst / date / meeting / assignation
employment / post / business
反义词
同根词
词根:engage
adj.engaged使用中的,忙碌的
v.engaged保证;约定;同…订婚(engage的过去分词)
vi.engage从事;答应,保证;交战;啮合
vt.engage吸引,占用;使参加;雇佣;使订婚;预定