英语词汇“engage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

engageengage /ɪnˈgeɪdʒ/ ●○○ verb formal

ETYMOLOGYengage

Origin: 1500-1600 French engager, from gage something given as a promise

VERB TABLE

engage

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	engage
	he, she, it	engages
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	engaged
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have engaged
	he, she, it	has engaged
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had engaged
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will engage
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have engaged

Continuous Form
Present	I	am engaging
	he, she, it	is engaging
	you, we, they	are engaging
Past	I, he, she, it	was engaging
	you, we, they	were engaging
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been engaging
	he, she, it	has been engaging
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been engaging
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be engaging
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been engaging

COLLOCATIONS► engage somebody’s interest/attention/imagination

a storyteller who can engage children’s imagination

► engage somebody in battle/combat

two swordsmen engaged in battle

► engage somebody in conversation

(=start having a conversation with someone)

1[transitive] to attract someone and keep him or her interested in something: engage somebody’s interest/attention/imagination a storyteller who can engage children’s imagination2[transitive] formal to arrange to employ someone SYN hire: engage somebody to do something The board engaged Thompson to run a series of seminars.engage somebody as something The king engaged him as his personal physician.3[intransitive, transitive] to make one part fit into another part of a machine OPP disengage: Push the pedal to engage the clutch.engage with The wheel engages with the cog and turns it.4[intransitive, transitive] to begin to fight with an enemy: The two armies engaged at dawn.engage somebody in battle/combat two swordsmen engaged in battle [Origin: 1500–1600 French engager, from gage something given as a promise]engage in something phrasal verb formal1to do or take part in an activity: The two companies then engaged in a price war.2to make someone become involved in a particular activity, especially by trying to make him or her feel interested in it: engage somebody in something The nurses try hard to engage patients in the activities.engage somebody in conversation (=start having a conversation with someone)engage with somebody phrasal verb to get involved with other people so that you know about them and understand them: I’m always too tired to really engage with my kids.