engagement
noun
uk/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt/us/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt/engagementnoun(MARRIAGE)
[C]
anagreementtomarrysomeone:
订婚Theyannouncedtheirengagement at thepartyonSaturday.他们在周六的聚会上宣布了他们订婚的消息。
an engagementparty订婚宴会
Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
- adulteress
- affinal
- as husband and wifeidiom
- be an itemidiom
- be shacked upidiom
- hear wedding bellsidiom
- hitched
- honest
- husband
- intermarriage
- matrimony
- monogamous
- monogamy
- morganatic
- ménage à trois
- seven-year itch
- shack
- shack up
- something
- together
engagementnoun(ARRANGEMENT)
[C]formal
anarrangementtomeetsomeone or do something at aparticulartime:
约定；约会；预约adinnerengagement晚餐预约
I'mafraidI have aprevious/priorengagement(= anotherarrangementalready made).对不起，我已经有约了。
Meeting people
- ayup
- bump
- bump intosomeone
- crosssomeone'spath/cross paths withsomeoneidiom
- deal
- deal withsomeone
- farewell
- it's a dateidiom
- makeyourselfknownidiom
- meeting
- open house
- payyourrespectsidiom
- reconvene
- recross
- red carpet
- remember
- remembersomeonetosomeone
- rendezvous
- respect
- town meeting
engagementnoun(FIGHTING)
[CorU]militaryspecialized
theactofbeginningtofightsomeone, or aperiodoftimein awar
交战，交火；战斗Fighting
- a fight to the finishidiom
- bellicosity
- blood diamond
- blow
- boots on the groundidiom
- call to arms
- combat
- come close to blowsidiom
- conflict diamond
- grapple
- rout
- scrimmage
- shootout
- skirmish
- stoush
- tangle
- tangle withsomeone
- tilt
- toe
- turf war
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Attacking & invading
engagementnoun(INTEREST)
[U]
thefactof beinginvolvedwith something:
He wasknownfor his engagementwiththeproblemsof the mostdifficultstudents.
theirlackof engagementinpolitics
[U]
theprocessofencouragingpeopleto beinterestedin theworkof anorganization, etc.:
Thisarticleoutlinesthe council'scommunicationandpublicengagementstrategy.
Thecharityiscurrentlyrecruitingfor anexperiencedengagementofficer.