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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2038 COCA: 1387

engage

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en·gage /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ ●○○ verb formal
1  [intransitiveI always + prepositionprep] to be doing or to become involved in an activity 參加，參與〔活動〕
engage in/on/upon
Only 10% of American adults engage in regular exercise.
只有10%的美國成年人定期進行鍛煉。
The two parties engaged upon an escalating political struggle.
兩黨之間的政治鬥爭日益加劇。
Mr Armstrong was engaged in prayer.
阿姆斯特朗先生在禱告。
engage in doing something
Despite her illness, she remains actively engaged in shaping policy.
盡管有病在身，她還是積極參與政策的制定。
2  [transitiveT]BUSY/NOT AVAILABLE to attract someone’s attention and keep them interested 吸引〔某人的興趣〕
engage somebody’s interest/attention
The toy didn’t engage her interest for long.
這個玩具對她的吸引力沒有維持多久。
engage somebody in conversation (=start talking to them) 開始與某人攀談
3  engage with somebody/something formal to get involved with other people and their ideas in order to understand them 與某人/某事物建立密切關系
Are you so tired you don’t have the energy to engage with your kids?
你難道累得都沒有精力陪你的孩子們了嗎？
4  [transitiveT]BEJOB/WORK formal to employ someone to do a particular job 僱用，聘請
engage somebody to do something
Her father engaged a tutor to improve her maths.
她爸爸請了一位家庭教師給她補習數學。
engage somebody as something
We’d be able to engage local people as volunteers.
我們可以請當地人做志願者。
5  T[intransitiveI, transitiveT] if you engage part of a machine, or if it engages, it moves so that it fits into another part of the machine (使)〔機器〕齧合，接合 OPP disengage
She engaged the clutch and the car moved.
她踩下離合器，汽車便開動了。
engage with
The wheel engages with the cog and turns it.
輪子咬住輪齒並帶動它轉動。
6  [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PMFIGHT to begin to fight an enemy 與〔敵人〕開戰
American forces did not directly engage.
美軍沒有直接參戰。
Examples from the Corpus
engage• She didn't appear to beat all like the kind of lady who would be engaging a maid.• Paul was engaged as a junior clerk at a very low wage.• The two armies engaged at dawn.• I was engaged in enquiry into the matter when I learnt of the attack upon her sister.• Trained to futility by now, we will be ready to engage in further enterprises of a futile nature.• All students should engage in intellectually challenging work and should graduate on the basis of what they know and can do.• And if you have a deadlock system, don't forget to engage it.• No Man has more wit, nor can any one engage the attention more than Mr Morris.• She is a storyteller who can engage the children's imagination.• She engaged the clutch and put the car into first gear.• The vet was increasingly busy and had to engage two new assistants.
engage in/on/upon• On the analysis offered here, rationality is partly a matter of engaging in a dialogue with others in an appropriate way.• Perhaps, years later, children would finally get the chance to engage in a tennis volley.• He says that the two Professors have become engaged in an increasingly bad-tempered debate on the nature of light.• Everyone else who was not engaged in either survey data collection or ship handling seemed to be doing the same.• Nature programs every successful species to engage in gender and inter-generational cooperation to the extent that is necessary for reproduction.• They come close to enjoining all scientists to refuse to engage in military research but then back off at the last moment.• Transformational leadership at the whole-organization level, then, involves more than engaging in the daily fray.• Instead, they say industry should engage in the debate to promote the life-saving benefits from testing treatments on animals.
engage somebody in conversation• I was in terror that he might try to engage me in conversation.• In the office, some girls have engaged the secretary in conversation.• They spoke little about life outside the organization despite my efforts to engage them in conversation about it.• Through the all-night watches he engaged officers in conversation, asked them questions about world affairs.• Lydia felt briefly sorry for her and attempted to engage her in conversation, but it was no good.• I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner.• Ten minutes later I tried again to engage him in conversation with a friendly word.• An outgoing man, Mr Gibbs engaged himself in conversation with Jimmy and the boy's sisters.
engage somebody to do something• The board engaged Thompson to conduct a series of seminars.
engage with• The wheel engages with the cog and turns it.
From Longman Business Dictionary
engageen·gage /ɪnˈgeɪdʒ/ verb [transitiveT] formal
to arrange to employ someone or to pay someone to do something for you
engage somebody to do something
You will need to engage a commercial lawyer to protect your interests in the drafting of a contract.
Origin engage
(1500-1600) French engager, from gage “something given as a promise”
en·gage verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2038 COCA: 1387
engage

verb

ADVERB | VERB + ENGAGE | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤actively, directly積極投入；立即從事◇Our contributors are actively engaging with tradition.我們的撰稿人在積極地涉獵傳統問題。➤fully, seriously完全／認真參與➤constructively, effectively, successfully建設性地投入；有效地參與；成功地參加➤critically, emotionally, intellectually, politically批判性地參與；調動情緒；全心投入；參與政治◇The party is attempting to engage young voters politically.這個政黨設法讓年輕選民參與政治。VERB + ENGAGE➤fail to, refuse to沒能投入；拒絕從事PREPOSITION➤with處理◇We acknowledge the need to engage directly with these problems.我們承認需要立即處理這些問題。
engage

verb

 ●engage (sb) in sthADVERB➤actively使 ( 某人 ) 積極從事⋯◇people who actively engage in shaping the world they live in積極參與改造所生存的世界的人➤constructively建設性地使（某人）參與◇They constructively engage critics in debates.他們建設性地使批評家們參與辯論。➤openly公開使（某人）參與➤regularly, routinely (especially NAmE) 經常／定期從事◇The army was regularly engaged in combat.陸軍經常參與戰鬥。VERB + ENGAGE IN➤attempt to, seek to, try to試圖 ( 使某人 ) 參加⋯；盡力 ( 讓某人 ) 參與⋯◇He tried to engage me in conversation.他設法跟我攀談。➤be eager to, be willing to渴望 ( 使某人 ) 參加⋯；願意 ( 讓某人 ) 參與⋯▸➤be reluctant to, be unwilling to不願 ( 讓某人 ) 參與⋯
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2038 COCA: 1387
engage verb
⇨ employ (engage sb's services) ⇨ fight 1 (engage the enemy)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2038 COCA: 1387

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