engagements

英 [ɪnˈgeɪdʒmənts]

美 [ɛnˈgeɪdʒmənts]

n.  订婚; 订婚期间; (尤指正式的或与工作有关的)约定，约会，预约; 战斗; 交战
engagement的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 约会;约定
  Anengagementis an arrangement that you have made to do something at a particular time.
  1. He had an engagement at a restaurant in Greek Street at eight.
     他8点在希腊街的一个餐厅有个约会。
  2. ...business-related social engagements.
     与公事有关的社交约会
• N-COUNT 婚约
  Anengagementis an agreement that two people have made with each other to get married.
  1. I've broken off my engagement to Arthur...
     我已经解除了与阿瑟的婚约。
  2. Announcing our engagement was a relief.
     宣布婚约让我们松了一口气。
• N-COUNT 订婚期
  You can refer to the period of time during which two people are engaged as theirengagement.
  1. I felt our engagement was quite an unhappy time.
     我觉得我们订婚期间非常不愉快。
• N-VAR 交战;战斗
  A militaryengagementis an armed conflict between two enemies.
  1. The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil.
     宪法禁止他们在外国采取军事行动。
• See also:engage

双语例句

• Israel has avoided major military engagements.
  以色列避免了卷入重大军事行动中。
• The band have engagements in New York this month.
  乐队约定这个月在纽约演出。
• Prize-winners and finalists will be offered contracts for engagements with national and international music organizations.
  奖得主和决赛将提供合同约定与国家和国际音乐组织。
• This article showed you why governance is important and what is needed in SOA engagements.
  本文说明了治理为什么重要以及SOA项目中需要什么。
• She has canceled all her social engagements.
  她取消了所社交活动。
• And I was able to book several speaking engagements with new clients.
  我也开始有新客户预约演说了。
• Broadway was full of loafing thespians in search of next season's engagements.
  百老汇大街上挤满了闲荡的演员，在寻找下个季度的演出机会。
• Engagements are rarely fair or balanced.
  约会是很少公平或平衡。
• After two failed engagements, Julia married in1993, to country singer Lyle Lovett.
  经历了两次失败的婚约后，朱莉娅在1993年嫁给了乡村歌手，莱尔·洛维特。
• This article presents an approach to designing a system of engagements ecosystem.
  本文介绍了一种设计参与型系统的生态系统的方法。