They are engaged to be married (= to each other) .
他们已经订婚。
When did you get engaged ?
你们什么时候订的婚?
an engaged couple
已订婚的一对
I couldn't get through'u2500the line's engaged.
我打不通电话——线路忙。
I phoned earlier but you were engaged (= using your phone) .
我早先打过电话,但你那边占线。
the engaged tone'/signal
忙音;占线信号
They are engaged in talks with the Irish government.
他们正忙着与爱尔兰政府谈判。
He is now engaged on his second novel.
他正埋头写他的第二部小说。
I can't come to dinner on Tuesday'u2500I'm otherwise engaged (= I have already arranged to do something else) .
我星期二不能来参加宴会——我另有安排。
They were engaged in conversation.
他们正谈得来劲。
She's engaged to Peter.
她与彼得订了婚。
They found the three engaged in target practice.
他们发现那3个人在练习打靶。
...the various projects he was engaged on.
他参与的各种项目
We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday...
在我18岁生日那天我们订婚了。
He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman.
他和朱莉娅·玛丽亚·博德曼小姐订婚了。
The line is engaged...
电话占线。
We tried to call you back but you were engaged.
我们试着给你回电,但是你正在通话中。
He was engaged to my sister.
他和我妹妹订婚了.
They engaged a resident tutor.
他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师.
He is engaged just now.
他正有事.
He is engaged in scientific research.
他从事科研工作.
Many students put off doing their assignments until the last minute.
许多学生拖到最后一刻才在赶作业.
They have engaged in trade for many years.
他们经商已多年.
We are now engaged in a great and most glorious cause, never undertaken by our forefathers.
我们正在做我们的前人从来没有做过的极其光荣伟大的事业.
I am engaged to Mr. Worthing, mama.
妈妈,我与沃森先生订婚了.
I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.
我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交.
He is engaged to a pretty girl.
他跟一个漂亮的姑娘定亲了.
Tom is engaged to Anne.
汤姆已与安妮订婚.
The two cogwheels are engaged.
这两个齿轮啮合在一起.
Two hundred horse were [ was ] engaged in the war.
有 二百 名骑兵卷入了这场战争.
Joe's Date-(乔的约会)
A:And then we went to a dance after dinner, and after the third dance she tells me that she's practicallyengaged to some G.I. who's overseas.
那样,晚饭后我们去跳舞,跳完第三只舞她告诉我,其实她已经同一位海外的大兵订婚了。
engaged
B:So?
这没什么。
A:What do you mean by "so"? You don't accept dates if you're practicallyengaged.
你说"这没什么"是什么意思?既然你已订婚,就不应再接受约会。
engaged
B:Why not? You only asked her for a date, not for her hand in marriage.There's nothing wrong in going out with a friend from the office.
为什么不可以?你只不过是请她赴约会,又不是向她求婚。同办公室的一位朋友出去玩玩并没有什么不对。
engaged
A:I know, but it makes me mad.
我知道,不过这使我很恼火。
B:They're allengaged, and they never tell you before you ask them out.
她们都订婚了,而如果你不问她们,她们从不告诉你。