1appointment約會ADJECTIVE | VERB + ENGAGEMENT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤previous, prior已定好的約會◇Mrs Meyer regrets that she is unable to attend owing to a previous engagement.邁耶夫人因有約在先而不能前來,她對此表示遺憾。➤important重要的約會▸➤business, official, public, social商務約會;官方活動;公眾活動;社交約會➤royal皇家約會▸➤dinner, lunch正餐約會;午餐約會➤speaking特約演講VERB + ENGAGEMENT➤have有約會▸➤keep守約◇It is important that I keep this engagement.我要遵守這個約會,這很重要。➤carry out (formal, especially BrE) 進行約定活動◇The chairman will carry out no official public engagements during the month of August.8 月份主席不會舉行官方的公眾活動。➤cancel取消約會◇The president was forced to cancel all public engagements.總統被迫取消了所有的公眾活動。PREPOSITION➤engagement with與⋯的約會◇He had an important engagement with his financial adviser.他與他的財務顧問有一個很重要的約談。engagement
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2agreement to get married婚約ADJECTIVE | VERB + ENGAGEMENT | ENGAGEMENT + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤long漫長的訂婚▸➤broken解除的婚約VERB + ENGAGEMENT➤announce宣佈訂婚➤celebrate慶祝訂婚▸➤break, break off, cancel, end解除婚約;取消婚約;結束婚約ENGAGEMENT + NOUN➤ring訂婚戒指➤party訂婚宴會PREPOSITION➤engagement to與⋯的訂婚◇He announced his engagement to his long-time girlfriend.他宣佈與相處已久的女友訂婚。engagement
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3being involved參與ADJECTIVE | VERB + ENGAGEMENT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤constructive, effective建設性的/有效的參與➤active積極的參與➤intense, passionate, serious緊密的/激情的/認真的參與◇his serious intellectual engagement with this issue他對這個問題認真理智的處理➤creative, emotional, imaginative, intellectual創造性的參與;情感投入;富有想像力的參與;智力投入➤civic, political公民/政治參與◇Higher education can contribute to civic engagement.高等教育能夠促進公民參與。◇the decline in political engagement政治參與的減少VERB + ENGAGEMENT➤encourage, promote (especially NAmE) 鼓勵/推動參與◇Her church promoted civic engagement. (NAmE) 她的教會促進了公民參與。➤facilitate (especially NAmE) 推進參與➤increase增加參與PREPOSITION➤engagement in參與⋯◇the lack of engagement in politics缺乏政治參與➤engagement with瞭解◇Feminist criticism is a starting point for a deeper engagement with the text.女性主義批評理論是更深刻地理解這個文本的切入點。