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engaged    音标拼音: [ɛng'edʒd]
a. 忙碌的,使用中的

忙碌的,使用中的

engaged
占线

engaged
adj 1: having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she
keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities";
"deeply engaged in conversation" [synonym: {engaged},
{occupied}]
2: involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged
ships continued the fight"
3: reserved in advance [synonym: {booked}, {engaged}, {set-
aside(p)}]
4: (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable
for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability;
(`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her
line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always
engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy
signal" [synonym: {busy}, {engaged}, {in use(p)}]
5: (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting;
"the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin
rotors" [synonym: {engaged}, {meshed}, {intermeshed}]
6: having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or
employed) for the job is sick"
7: built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"

committed \committed\ adj.
1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular
cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of {uncommitted}.

Note: [Narrower terms: {bound up, involved, wrapped up};
{dedicated, devoted}; {pledged, sworn}]
[WordNet 1.5]

2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also
called {attached}. Opposite of {unattached}.

Note: [Narrower terms: {affianced}, {bespoken}, {betrothed},
{engaged}, {pledged}, {promised}(predicate); {married}]
[Also See: {loving}.]

Syn: attached.
[WordNet 1.5]

3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or
mental institution.
[WordNet 1.5]


Engaged \En*gaged"\, a.
1. Occupied; employed; busy.
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2. Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections
pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
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3. Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
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4. Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the
engaged ships continued the fight.
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{Engaged column}. (Arch.) Same as {Attached column}. See
under {Attach}, v. t.
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Engage \En*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engaged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Engaging}.] [F. engager; pref. en- (L. in) gage pledge,
pawn. See {Gage}.]
1. To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations
to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or
promise; to bind by contract or promise. "I to thee
engaged a prince's word." --Shak.
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2. To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to
enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage
men for service.
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3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to
draw.
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Good nature engages everybody to him. --Addison.
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4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to
engross; to draw on.
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Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. --Pope.
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Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging
him in conversation. --Hawthorne.
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5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to
conflict.
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A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy.
--Ludlow.
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6. (Mach.) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one
cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch
engages the other part.
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93 Moby Thesaurus words for "engaged":
absorbed, absorbed in, accessory, affianced, agreed, armed,
arranged, arrayed, assured, at it, at work, battled, betrothed,
bound, buried in, busy, caught up in, committed, compacted,
compromised, contemplating, contemplative, contracted, covenanted,
deep, deployed, devoted, devoted to, embattled, employed,
engrossed, engrossed in, full of business, guaranteed, hard at it,
hard at work, immersed, immersed in, implicated, in battle array,
in harness, intended, intent, intent on, involved, lost in,
meditating, meditative, monomaniacal, monopolized, obligated,
obsessed, occupied, on duty, on the go, on the hop, on the job,
on the jump, on the move, on the run, partaking, participant,
participating, participative, participatory, pledged, plighted,
preoccupied, promised, ranged, rapt, sealed, settled, sharing,
signed, single-minded, stipulated, studious, studying,
submerged in, swept up, sworn, taken up with, tied up,
totally absorbed, undertaken, underwritten, warranted, working,
wrapped, wrapped in, wrapped up, wrapped up in


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