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en·gage·ment AHD[ĕn-gājʹmənt] D.J.[enˈgeɪdʒmənt]K.K.[ɛnˈgedʒmənt]n.（名词）- The act of engaging or the state of being engaged.约定，预定：订约的行为或已定约的状态
- Betrothal.订婚约
- Something that serves to engage; a pledge.担保，抵押：用于担保的东西；抵押品
- A promise or agreement to be at a particular place at a particular time.约会：在某特定时间某特定地点的承诺或协定
- Employment, especially for a specified time.雇佣：雇佣或聘请，尤指为特定时间的雇佣
- A specific, often limited, period of employment.聘用期间：特定且常有限的雇用期
- A hostile encounter; a battle.交战：敌对双方的遭遇战；战役
- The condition of being in gear.啮合的状态
engagement, appointment, assignation, date, rendezvous, tryst- The central meaning shared by these nouns is "a commitment to appear at a certain time and place": 这些名词所共享的中心意思是“在某特定的时间及地点出现的约定” a business engagement;商务约定；a dental appointment;牙医预约；a secret assignation;秘密幽会；a date to play tennis;打网球定约；a rendezvous of allied troops at the border;联盟部分在边界会合；a lovers' tryst. 恋人的约会。
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