Question

（高二英语）关于engage的用法？

与某人订婚 get engage to sb 表动作性的
那么表状态的是怎么说呢？ 是be engaged吗？我这是猜的。能准确的说一下吗？ 与某人订婚2年该怎么说呢？

Answer 1

engage
vt.
[常用被动语态]从事, 着手, 忙于(in)

约束; 约定; 使订婚, 与…订婚(to)

保证, 担保, 允诺

雇用, 聘; (预)定(房间、座位等)

吸引, 引起(兴趣), 占用

接战, 与...交战(with); 使参加, 使...卷入其中

【机】使(齿轮等) 咬合, 衔接

【建】使(柱)附墙

He is engaged just now.
他正有事。
Tom is engaged to Anne.
汤姆已与安妮订婚。
This seat is engaged.
此座已定出。
We engage him as technical adviser.
我们聘请他担任技术顾问。
His good nature engages everyone.
他善良的性情吸引每个人。
Work engages much of her time.
工作占去她很多时间。
习惯用语
be engaged by 为...所吸引
be engaged in 正做着, 正忙着
be engage oneself in 正做着, 正忙着
be engaged on 着手(某事), 从事(某事)
be engaged upon 着手(某事), 从事(某事)
be engaged to 同...订婚
be engage oneself to 同...订婚
be engaged with 正与...接洽; 正忙于, 从事
engage for 应承, 保证, 担保; 负责
engage upon 开始(某种职业)
engage on 开始(某种职业)
engage with 与...交战 (齿轮等)与...啮合, 搭合

Answer 2

engage [en·gage || ɪn'geɪdʒ]
v. 使忙碌; 预定; 雇佣; 答应; 交战; 从事

[VN] (formal) to succeed in attracting and keeping sb's attention and interest: It is a movie that engages both the mind and the eye. ◆ Their pleas failed to engage any sympathy.
~ sb (as sth) (formal) to employ sb to do a particular job: [VN] He is currently engaged as a consultant. ◆ We will have to engage the services of a translator. [also VN to inf]
[V] ~ (with sth/sb) to become involved with and try to understand sth/sb: She has the ability to engage with young minds.
(formal) to begin fighting with sb: [VN] to engage the enemy [also V]
~ (with sth) when a part of a machine engages, or when you engage it, it fits together with another part of the machine and the machine begins to work: [V] One cogwheel engages with the next. ◆ The cogwheels are not engaging. ◆ [VN] Engage the clutch before selecting a gear.
Antonym: DISENGAGE
Phrasal Verbs:
engage in sth
engage sb in sth to take part in sth; to make sb take part in sth: Even in prison, he continued to engage in criminal activities. ◆ She tried desperately to engage him in conversation.