B1 having formally agreed to marry已订婚的
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He asked her to sign a prenuptial agreement when they got engaged.
She told me that she'd been engaged three times, but had never actually married.
This photo was taken when we were engaged.
Where this form asks about my marital status, should I write 'engaged' or just 'single'?
She got engaged to her childhood sweetheart as soon as she left school.
[ after verb ] involved in something卷入…的;从事…的
[ after verb ] formal busy doing something忙于某事的
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The soldiers were engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
Rescuers were engaged in a frantic all-night effort to reach the survivors before their supply of air ran out.
So, what is this big research project you're engaged upon at the moment?
We wondered whether the mysterious gentleman was engaged upon a secret government mission.
During the war, she was actively engaged in the resistance.
B1 If a phone or public toilet is engaged, someone is already using it.(电话)占线的,忙的;(公厕)有人使用的
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His phone is engaged - can I put you on hold?
I've called him several times but his phone is always engaged.
The doctor's consulting room said "Engaged" on the door, but nobody was in there.
When the aircraft's toilet is engaged, the "occupied" sign is lit up.
All of the cubicles in the changing room were engaged, so we had to wait a few minutes.
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