【engaged音标】 英[ɪnˈgeɪdʒd] 美[ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd]
【单词释义】 engaged是什么意思：
adj.有人用的；已订婚的；（指电话）占线的；忙碌的v.参加，从事；吸引；雇用，聘请(engage的过去式和过去分词)
[单词分级] 专八/托福/GRE词汇
【关联词/派生词】
engage v. 参加，从事；吸引；雇用，聘请
engagement n.订婚，婚约；约会；约定，契约；交战，战斗
engaging adj.迷人的；吸引人的 v.参加，从事；吸引；雇用，聘请(engage的现在分词)
【单词例句】
◇ He glanced, with a very critical eye, at all the flower-beds, and found that the flowers were seated quietly and demurely on their stalks, just as maidens should sit before they are engaged; but there was a great number of them, and it appeared as if his search would become very wearisome.
因此他就把她们都看了一遍。每朵花都是安静地、端庄地坐在梗子上，正如一个姑娘在没有订婚时那样坐着。可是她们的数目非常多，选择很不容易。
---- The Butterfly
◇ Patients with coronary artery disease who engaged in a course of laughter therapy had reduced inflammation and better health, the research found.
研究发现，采用“大笑疗法”的冠心病患者炎症减轻了，身体变好了。