engagement  /ɛng'edʒmənt/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  engagement
  約會,約定,婚約;雇用,聘用

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Engagement \En*gage"ment\, n. [Cf. F. engagement.]
     1. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or
        entering into contest.
  
     2. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif.,
        a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.
  
     3. That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of
        the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract;
        an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented
        his acceptance of any office.
  
              Religion, which is the chief engagement of our
              league.                               --Milton.
  
     4. (Mil.) An action; a fight; a battle.
  
              In hot engagement with the Moors.     --Dryden.
  
     5. (Mach.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a
        clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.
  
     Syn: Vocation; business; employment; occupation; promise;
          stipulation; betrothal; word; battle; combat; fight;
          contest; conflict. See {Battle}.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  engagement
       n 1: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course
            of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of
            Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when
            he got into a real engagement" [syn: {battle}, {conflict},
             {fight}]
       2: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid
          kissing at the end of a date" [syn: {date}, {appointment}]
       3: a mutual promise to marry [syn: {betrothal}, {troth}]
       4: the act of giving someone a job [syn: {employment}]
       5: employment for performers or performing groups that lasts
          for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings
          throughout the summer" [syn: {booking}]
       6: contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch";
          "the meshing of gears" [syn: {mesh}, {meshing}, {interlocking}]
       7: the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the
          teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in
          class activities" [syn: {participation}, {involvement}, {involution}]
          [ant: {non-engagement}, {non-engagement}, {non-engagement}]