Engage

[ɪn'geɪdʒ;en-] or [ɪn'ɡedʒ]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) get caught; 'make sure the gear is engaged'.

(verb.) keep engaged; 'engaged the gears'.

(verb.) hire for work or assistance; 'engage aid, help, services, or support'.

(verb.) ask to represent; of legal counsel; 'I'm retaining a lawyer'.

(verb.) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); 'Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe'.

安編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise.

(v. t.) To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.

(v. t.) To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.

(v. t.) To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

(v. t.) To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

(v. t.) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.

(v. i.) To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

(v. i.) To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.

(v. i.) To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

(v. i.) To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Pledge, commit, promise, bind, put under pledge.[2]. Enlist, induce to serve.[3]. Gain, win, attach, attract, allure, entertain, draw, fix, arrest, gain over.[4]. Occupy, employ, busy, engross.[5]. Attack, encounter, fight with, join battle with.

v. n. [1]. Fight, combat, contend, struggle, contest, join battle.[2]. Embark, enlist, take the first step.[3]. Promise, agree, stipulate, bargain, undertake, pledge one's word, plight one's word, pass one's word, pledge one's self, become bound, be sworn, take upon one's self.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Promise, undertake, vouch, employ, occupy, hire, gain, attract, enlist,stipulate, pledge, agree, buy, adopt, involve

ANT:Decline, refuse, withdraw, dismiss, discard, extricate, disengage

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解釋/意思:

v.t. to bind by a gage or pledge: to render liable: to gain for service: to enlist: to gain over: to betroth: (archit.) to fasten: to win: to occupy: to enter into contest with: (obs.) to entangle.—v.i. to pledge one's word: to become bound: to take a part: to enter into conflict.—p.adj. Engaged′ pledged: promised esp. in marriage: greatly interested: occupied: (archit.) partly built or sunk into or so appearing: geared together interlocked.—n. Engage′ment act of engaging: state of being engaged: that which engages: betrothal: promise: employment: a fight or battle.—p.adj. Engag′ing winning: attractive.—adv. Engag′ingly.—Engage for to answer for.

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