Engage

(verb.) get caught; 'make sure the gear is engaged'.

(verb.) keep engaged; 'engaged the gears'.

(verb.) hire for work or assistance; 'engage aid, help, services, or support'.

(verb.) ask to represent; of legal counsel; 'I'm retaining a lawyer'.

(verb.) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); 'Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe'.

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• If you would engage a front room and purchase the necessaries for the night, I may have time to make a few inquiries. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Be cautious then, young ladies; be wary how you engage. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• So I should have done, had I not unfortunately happened to engage Boultby to sup with me on his way home from the Bible Society meeting at Nunnely. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It would be dishonorable to let others engage themselves to anything serious in dependence on me. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Well, Mr. Snagsby, if I don't lock him up this time, will you engage for his moving on? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I must take off myself, I imagine—in short, I engage to do it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Engage a special. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• It would be better to have the garrisons engaged there added to Butler's command. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A hob was the flat part of the open hearth where water and spirits were warmed; and the small table, at which people sat when so engaged, was called a nob. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The men engaged in the Mexican war were brave, and the officers of the regular army, from highest to lowest, were educated in their profession. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• You notice where he is now, and how engaged? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I had no idea that Mr. Betteredge was engaged. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• In a sense this is true, for no one is more impatient or intolerant of interruption when deeply engaged in some line of experiment. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The lady was young, engaging, and handsome, but not marked for long life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• A fine horse, my friend, said the Count, addressing the groom with the most engaging familiarity of manner, You are going to drive out? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Ferdinand Barnacle was there, and in his most engaging state. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Now this won't do, said John, hardening his heart against the engaging little sinner. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Were he to become a copartner, he would, in engaging in the conjoint activity, have the same interest in its accomplishment which others have. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• There is little evidence of the primitive Aryans engaging in religious dances. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The engaging young Barnacle was the first arrival; but Bar overtook him on the staircase. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• In following the final assembly line from the point where the chain conveyor engages the frame and axles, the visitor is impressed with the dispatch with which every movement is executed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Returning now to the fourth pinion, we see that it also carries a wheel, which engages another little pinion, called the escape pinion. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This screw engages with a second and similar screw which is so arranged as to move the strip of vulcanite up or down. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This circumstance seems to me remarkable, and engages my attention for a moment. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He engages, through his imagination, in a shared activity. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Whatever is important engages our attention, fixes our thought, and is contemplated with satisfaction. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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