[ T ] mainly UK formal to employ someone雇用;聘用
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We've recently engaged a cleaner.
She has been known to engage the services of a professional shopper.
For these services he would otherwise have to engage a psychotherapist.
A professional coach was immediately engaged.
240 stewards were engaged to ensure that the game went smoothly.
C1 [ T ] formal to interest someone in something and keep them thinking about it吸引住,使感兴趣
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The subject doesn't engage me.
For some reason the film failed to engage my interest.
We're always looking out for new subjects that will engage our readers.
The debate fails to engage him intellectually.
He was examining his fingernails, one of which seemed to engage his attention.
[ I or T ] to make one part of a machine fit into and move together with another part of a machine(使)(机器)啮合,接合,衔接
[ I or T ] specialized military to attack or begin to fight someone进攻;(与…)交战,(与…)开战
Indian English [ T ] to teach someone, especially a class of children, or to keep someone busy教(儿童);使忙于,使参加
especially of a writer, musician, artist, etc. interested in and taking part in politics(尤指作家、音乐家、艺术家等)积极介入政治的
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