engage

【发音】

美 /ɪn'ɡedʒ/ 英 /ɪn'geɪdʒ/

【翻译】

1. vt. 使从事于， 聘用； 吸引， 占用； 使订婚

   英释:to attract someone’s attention and keep them interested

【短语】

1. engage in : 从事于（参加）

2. engage with : 交战；与…接洽

3. engage on : 从事；开始

【例句】

1. She engaged the clutch and the car moved.

   她踩下离合器，汽车便开动了。

【真题例句】

1. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...and there is some evidence that doctors engage in "defensive medicine" by performing tests and treatments primarily to prove they are not negligent should they get sued...

2. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...But the study warns that it is teenagers who engage in all three of these practices in the extreme who are truly in jeopardy...

3. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...psychologists coined the term "workplace telepressure" to describe an employee's urge to immediately respond to emails and engage in obsessive thoughts about returning an email to one's boss...

4. (2014.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 听力题)...Compared with early generations we spend more and more time working and have less and less free time to engage in leisure pursues...

5. (2013.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...thus failing to engage the reader...

6. (2012.6 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...the same motivation that can push people to exert more effort in a constructive way could also motivate people to be more likely to engage in unethical behaviors...

7. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...we engage in two types of comparison...

8. (2009.12 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...One group was left undistracted while the other had to engage in a conversation using a speakerphone...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.吸引，占用；使参加；雇佣；使订婚；预定

   attract/absorb/draw/appropriate/budget/

2. vi.从事；答应，保证；交战；啮合

   comply/wage/

【同根词】

1. adj

   engaged : 使用中的，忙碌的

   engaging : 迷人的

2. adv

   engagingly : 动人地；吸引人地

3. n

   engagement : 婚约；约会；交战；诺言

4. v

   engaged : 保证；约定；同…订婚（engage的过去分词）

   engaging : 参加（engage的ing形式）；保证；雇用