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

• She has canceled all her social engagements.
  她取消了所社交活动。
• So far as we have already formed engagements let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith.
  我们已经订立了的契约，必须忠实履行。
• Approaching these engagements was quite different, and I bet you can guess which one was more successful.
  处理这两种契约的方法十分不同，而我打赌您可以猜出哪种更成功。
• Experiences within such collaborative SOA engagements have identified problem scenarios that may arise.
  这种协作SOA约定体验确定了可能出现的问题场景。
• I think it no sacrifice to join occasionally in evening engagements.
  我认为偶然参加参加晚会并不是什么牺牲。
• 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。
• His engagements were all self-imposed.
  他的一切约会都是由他自己作主的。
• For Chinese companies, engagements are most likely to be linked to growth via international expansion and globalisation.
  对中国企业而言，其咨询需求最有可能是关于通过国际扩张和全球化来实现增长。
• Engagements are rarely fair or balanced.
  约会是很少公平或平衡。
• 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。