中文词源
engagement 订婚，约定
en-, 进入，使。-gage, 承诺，加入，词源同wage, wedding. 即给予承诺的，订婚的。
英语词源
- engagement (n.)
- 1620s, "formal promise," from engage + -ment. Meaning "a battle or fight between armies or fleets" is from 1660s; sense of "state of having entered into a promise of marriage" is from 1742; meaning "appointment" is from 1806. Engagement ring attested by 1863.
权威例句
- 1. The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil.
- 宪法禁止他们在外国采取军事行动。
- 2. She was planning to announce her engagement to Peter.
- 她正计划宣布她和彼得订婚一事。
- 3. She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs.
- 她选择玛吉为她拍订婚照的时候化妆。
- 4. I felt our engagement was quite an unhappy time.
- 我觉得我们订婚期间非常不愉快。
- 5. Janis and Kurt have announced their engagement.
- 贾尼斯和库尔特已宣布订婚。
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