engage in 详细解释

engage in

从事, 参加

从事

He has engaged in farming for 20 years.

他从事耕作已有二十年。

词形变化

名词: engager | 动词过去式: engaged | 动词过去分词: engaged | 动词现在分词: engaging | 动词第三人称单数: engages |

词义辨析

同义参见:

play  wage  

英英释义

动词 engage:

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

同义词：prosecute, pursue

engage or engross wholly

同义词：absorb, engross, occupy

engage or hire for work

同义词：hire, employ

ask to represent; of legal counsel

give to in marriage

同义词：betroth, affiance, plight

get caught

carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)

同义词：wage

hire for work or assistance

同义词：enlist

engage for service under a term of contract

同义词：lease, rent, hire, charter, take

keep engaged

同义词：mesh, lock, operate

补充

engage inengage in1.参加; 从事; 忙于I have no time to engage in the debate.我没时间参加辩论。He engaged in a serious study of the problem.他对这个问题进行了认真的研究。My family has been engaged in farming for generations.我家几代都从事农业。The old lady engaged herself in making clothes for her children.这位老太太忙着为孩子们做衣服。

例句

1. I have never engaged in the drug trade.我从未参与毒品交易。 2. You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.你可以参加南边草坪上的槌球游戏。 3. We continue to engage in active dialogue with the Treasury.我们继续积极与财政部对话。 4. We'll engage in the policy debate.我们将参加政策辩论。 5. to engage in sports从事体育运动 6. I don't engage myself in such affairs.我不参与这种事情。 7. to engage in local politics参与地方上的政治活动 8. to engage someone in conversation使某人参加谈话 9. be engaged in business忙于工作 10. be engaged in writing a novel忙于写小说 11. At college she engaged in various sports.她在大学里参加了各种体育运动。 12. We don't engage in that sort of behavior.我们不会有那样的行为。 13. She engaged him in conversation. [=she started a conversation with him]她与他攀谈起来。

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