engaged

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柯林斯詞典

engaged /?n?ɡe?d?d/

1. ADJ Someone who is engaged in a particular activity is doing that thing. 正從事的[正式] [v-link ADJ 'in/on' n]
...the various projects he was engaged in. …他從事過(guò)的不同項(xiàng)目。
2. ADJ When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. 已訂婚的
We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday. 我們?cè)谖?8嵗生日那天訂婚了。
3. ADJ If a telephone or a telephone line is engaged, it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning. 佔(zhàn)線的[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]
I tried to reach him, but the line was engaged. 我試過(guò)聯(lián)系他，但電話佔(zhàn)線。
4. ADJ If a public toilet is engaged, it is already being used by someone else. 使用中的[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

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劍橋詞典

engaged adjective (MARRIAGE)

He asked her to sign a prenuptial agreement when they got engaged.
She told me that she'd been engaged three times , but had never actually married .
This photo was taken when we were engaged.
Where this form asks about my marital status , should I write 'engaged' or just 'single '?
She got engaged to her childhood sweetheart as soon as she left school .

engaged adjective (INVOLVED/BUSY)

The soldiers were engaged in hand-to-hand combat .
Rescuers were engaged in a frantic all-night effort to reach the survivors before their supply of air ran out.
So, what is this big research project you're engaged upon at the moment ?
We wondered whether the mysterious gentleman was engaged upon a secret government mission .
During the war , she was actively engaged in the resistance .

engaged adjective (IN USE)

His phone is engaged - can I put you on hold ?
I've called him several times but his phone is always engaged.
The doctor's consulting room said "Engaged" on the door , but nobody was in there.
When the aircraft's toilet is engaged, the "occupied " sign is lit up.
All of the cubicles in the changing room were engaged, so we had to wait a few minutes .

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