engagement

noun

1. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time

e.g. the play had bookings throughout the summer

Synonym: booking

2. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

e.g. Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement

Synonym: battleconflictfight

3. the act of giving someone a job

Synonym: employment

4. the act of sharing in the activities of a group

e.g. the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities

Synonym: participationinvolvementinvolution

5. a mutual promise to marry

Synonym: betrothaltroth

6. contact by fitting together

e.g. the engagement of the clutch
the meshing of gears

Synonym: meshmeshinginterlocking

7. a meeting arranged in advance

e.g. she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date

Synonym: dateappointment

1. 约会;约定
An engagement is an arrangement that you have made to do something at a particular time.

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...business-related social engagements.
与公事有关的社交约会

2. 婚约
An engagement is an agreement that two people have made with each other to get married.

e.g. I've broken off my engagement to Arthur...
我已经解除了与阿瑟的婚约。
e.g. Announcing our engagement was a relief.
宣布婚约让我们松了一口气。

3. 订婚期
You can refer to the period of time during which two people are engaged as their engagement .

e.g. I felt our engagement was quite an unhappy time.
我觉得我们订婚期间非常不愉快。

4. 交战;战斗
A military engagement is an armed conflict between two enemies.

e.g. 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。

5. see also: engage

1. 约会：我约会(engagement)过的人中,最有钱的年薪 25万,这似乎是我的上限. 要住进纽约中心公园以西的高尚住宅区,年薪25万远远不够. 我是来诚心诚意请教的. 有几个(couple)具体的问题:一、有钱的单身汉一般都在哪里消磨时光?

2. 订婚：此外对四个重要时刻:第一次见面(First meeting),订婚(Engagement),结婚(Wedding),喜筵(Reception)各精选了两张照片,贴在A4纸上,配上简短解释,附在申请表后面.