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单词 engage
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engage

verb
 OPAL W
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they engage
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
he / she / it engages
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪz/
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪz/
past simple engaged
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/
past participle engaged
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/
-ing form engaging
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
    [transitive] engage something/somebody (formal) to succeed in attracting and keeping somebody’s attention and interest
    • It is a movie that engages both the mind and the eye.
    • Their pleas failed to engage any sympathy.
    • to engage the public/audience/viewer/reader
    • It was difficult to engage the students at first.
    • The party is attempting to engage young voters politically.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • actively
    • directly
    • fully
    verb + engage
    • fail to
    • refuse to
    preposition
    • with
    adverb
    • actively
    • constructively
    • openly
    verb + engage in
    • attempt to
    • seek to
    • try to
    See full entry
  2.  
    [transitive] (formal) to employ a person, company, etc. to do a particular job
    • engage somebody/something She has aready engaged a lawyer.
    • We will have to engage the services of a translator.
    • engage somebody/something as something He was immediately engaged as a consultant.
    • engage somebody/something to do something Karl Böhm engaged her to sing in Vienna.
    Extra Examples
    • Some of the directors wanted to engage another firm.
    • They have engaged companies as subcontractors for the construction work
    • The government engages charitable organizations to help in the distribution of food
  3. [intransitive] engage (with something/somebody) to become involved with and try to understand something/somebody
    • She has the ability to engage with young minds.
    Extra Examples
    • We acknowledge the need to engage directly with these problems.
    • Our contributors are actively engaging with tradition.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • actively
    • directly
    • fully
    verb + engage
    • fail to
    • refuse to
    preposition
    • with
    adverb
    • actively
    • constructively
    • openly
    verb + engage in
    • attempt to
    • seek to
    • try to
    See full entry
  4. [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to begin fighting with somebody
    • engage somebody He ordered his men to engage the enemy.
    • engage with somebody The fleet sailed out of Cadiz to engage with the enemy.
    Topics War and conflictc2
  5. [intransitive, transitive] when a part of a machine engages, or when you engage it, it fits together with another part of the machine and the machine begins to work
    • The cogwheels are not engaging.
    • engage with something One cogwheel engages with the next.
    • engage something Engage the clutch before selecting a gear.
  6. opposite disengage
    Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as ingage): from French engager, ultimately from the base of gage, ‘a pledge or deposit offered as a guarantee’. The word originally meant ‘to pawn or pledge something’, later ‘pledge oneself (to do something)’, hence ‘enter into a contract’ (mid 16th cent.), ‘involve oneself in an activity’, ‘enter into combat’ (mid 17th cent.), giving rise to the notion ‘involve someone or something else’.
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