engagement
engagementnoun- a formal agreement to get married
订婚,婚约
■the duration of such an agreement
婚约期
a good long engagement to give you time to be sure.
让你有时间拿定主意的很长的婚约期限。
- an arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time
约会,约定,预约
a dinner engagement.
饭局。
- [mass noun]the action of engaging or being engaged
约定,保证
Britain's continued engagement in open trading.
英国对贸易开放的一贯承诺。
- a fight or battle between armed forces
交战,战斗
语源- early 17th cent. (in the general sense 'a legal or moral obligation'): French, from engager 'to pledge' (see engage)
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