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

• Engagements are rarely fair or balanced.
  约会是很少公平或平衡。
• It is common to have one or more auditors from each level on larger engagements.
  这是共同的一个或多个审计员每个级别的大型活动。
• These engagements proved decisive turning points.
  这几仗构成了决定性的转折点。
• Resources, while staffed on client engagements, continue to expand their knowledge about solution requirements and technology issues.
  客户合作项目中配备的人力资源将继续扩充他们有关解决方案需求和技术问题的知识。
• This article showed you why governance is important and what is needed in SOA engagements.
  本文说明了治理为什么重要以及SOA项目中需要什么。
• Israel has avoided major military engagements.
  以色列避免了卷入重大军事行动中。
• I have several engagements for next week.
  我下周有好几个约会。
• 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。
• Due to prior engagements, I am unable to attend the dinner.
  因为我已经有了安排不能出席这次宴会。
• 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。