engagement

engagement
noun
  1. 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。
  2. an arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time
    约会,约定,预约
    a dinner engagement.
    饭局。
  3. [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。
  4. a fight or battle between armed forces
    交战,战斗
语源
  1. early 17th cent. (in the general sense 'a legal or moral obligation'): French, from engager 'to pledge' (see engage)
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