英语释义

1. to do (something)
At college she engaged in various sports. We don't engage in that sort of behavior.

2. to cause (someone) to take part in (something)
She engaged him in conversation.

片语

engage sb in让某人从事于

Engage sb in sth从事某事

engage him in conversation使他参加谈话

engage sb in conversation使某人参加谈话

engage go in for干某项事业

engage oneself in从事于；忙于；正做着

engage heartily in热衷于

be engage oneself in正做着

employ oneself in从事于；忙于

engage e in从事

英汉例句

• yet we don't know whether or why the behavior might have evolved for the majority of animals that engage in it.

  然而，我们还不知道，是否或者为神马这种行为可能已经是大多数动物的进化内容之一。

• this is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.

  此刻不是从事不迫、慢慢行事或服用「渐进主义」这支镇静剂的时候。

• but he might leave a residual force of up to 50, 000 there longer, to help train iraqis and to engage in 「counterterrorism」, if need be.

  但同时，他表示若出于需要，美军可以留下50,000左右的军队帮助训练伊军以及继续从事反恐行动。

• but anyone who steps through it needs to engage in a new kind of media literacy, based on key principles for both consumers and creators, which we’ll delve into starting in the next chapter.

  但每个穿过这扇门的人都需要适应一种新的媒介素养。这种媒介素养以同样适用于用户和创建者的关键原则为基础，我们将从下一章开始讨论。

• and because of steve jobs and apple who have provided me the opportunity to engage in truly meaningful work every day for over 12 years.

  也因为史蒂文乔布斯以及他的苹果公司给我的提供的机会让我在12年间每天都得以专注于富有意义的工作。

• if you have no store of knowledge in your head to draw from, you cannot easily engage in discussions or make informed decisions.

  加入你头脑中没有可以提取的知识储备的话，你不能很容易的从事讨论或者做出非正式决定。

• i have seen volunteers at daoist temples provide food for the poor or engage in disaster relief.

  我曾亲眼看到过一些道观里有志愿者为穷人提供食物或从事救灾活动。

• engage in activities you like.

  参加你喜欢的活动。

• why does this seem the proper interpretation ? to engage in these kinds of conversations?

  为什么对从事这类对话来说,这似乎是合宜的解释？

• for that reason, it’s a good idea to engage in what the consultants call 「kaizen」 – a japanese word for continuous improvement.

  出于这个原因，从事顾问称之为「改善」的方法是个好主意——这是一个日语单词，意思是持续改进。

• communication is something we all engage in on a daily basis but due to the pace of our lives conversations become just formalities.

  沟通是我们每日都从事的基础事情，但是由于我们生活的节奏，谈话变得仅仅是拘于形式。

• whether at work or at home, the goal is to engage in activities that are both personally significant and enjoyable.

  无论是工作还是在家里，我们的目标是能从事那些对个人既有意义有能让之享受的事情。

• listen for your children to talk about it casually, and see this as an opening for you to engage in conversation.

  若无其事地听你的孩子谈论性的问题，并把这个问题看作是一个开放性的话题来进行谈话。

• this is because social animals must engage in problem solving every time they interact with another animal in the group.

  这是因为群居动物在解决问题的时候必须与这个群族里的动物进行互动。

• i believe it would be good if all development institutions would publicly blacklist firms and individuals that engage in bribery in projects, as the world bank already does.

  我认为，如果所有的发展机构都能把在项目里行贿受贿的企业和个人公开列入黑名单，就像世界银行已经做的，这将是有好处的。

• we want to know, can they engage in p-functioning?

  我们想知道，他们能从事人格功能性行为吗？

• self-dependence also entails setting terms of trade and deciding whom to engage in commerce.

  既然要自力更生，势必需要设置贸易条件，并决定与谁从事贸易。

• it takes emotional courage to engage in this kind of work, and fortunately this quality is not related to class or gender.

  它需要勇气的情绪从事这方面的工作，幸运的这一质量是没有关系的阶级或性别。

• to engage in this case means to communicate with them.

  吸引注意在这种情况下意味着与他们交流。

相似词

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