内容简介

动词 “engage” 的意思都与 “和他人互动” 有关。比如，动词 “engage” 可以表示 “使（某人）感兴趣” 或 “聘用”；在正式语境中，动词短语 “engage in” 指 “参与（活动）”。看视频，学习 “engage” 的四个常见用法。

用法总结

1. 用 “engage” 指 “吸引住（某人），使（某人）感兴趣”。

• You really know how to engage people – you're really interesting!

• As an experienced presenter, he's very good at engaging the audience.

2. 用 “engage” 表示 “雇佣，聘用”。

• We've engaged someone to help us with our accounts.

• We had to engage a team of 20 cleaners to clean the building.

3. 用动词短语 “engage in” 表示 “参与，参加（活动）”，这是一个正式用语。

• She liked to engage in extreme sports.

• He denies engaging in any criminal activity.

4. 用动词短语 “get engaged” 表示 “订婚”。

• He's just got engaged – he's really excited!

• She is getting engaged to her former colleague.