engage in,be engaged in,engage to 有什么区别?怎么使用?
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engage in 意为“参知,从事干”、和 take part in意思相间、例如:
If you engage in local politics, you cannot expect to have much time for your family. 如果你投入本地的政治生活,你就不可能有更多的时间顾及家庭。
I have no time to engage in gossip, so please don't come to me with your rumours and complains. 我没时间参加你们的闲聊,请不要把我牵涉到你们的传闻和抱怨中去。
The prize-winning senator first engaged in politics at the age of twenty. 那位获奖的参议员在20岁就开始从事政治活动。
be engaged in 意为“忙着(做某事)”,“从事干”.例如:
Those men are behaving very suspiciously. They are engaged in some fishy business. I will be bound.
那些人的行为非常可疑,他们是从事一些渔业生意的,我敢肯定。
I have been engaging in teaching for more than three years.我从
事教育事业已有三年多了。
They are engaged in planning their summer trip.他们忙着计划夏
engage to意为“与……订婚”“约定“允诺”,例如:
I was engaged to Susan last month.我与苏珊上个月订了婚,
He engaged himself to pay back the money.他答应速钱。
I am engaged to the dinner. 我有约参加宴会。
The company had engaged to finish the project by June. 公司允诺在六月份之前完成那个项目。
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engage in,be engaged in,engage to 有什么区别?怎么使用?
【答】engage in 是不及物动词主动语态,表示动作;be engaged in是及物动词的被动语态,表示状态。如:
He is engaged in foreign trade. 他从事外贸。(摘自《英汉多功能词典》新编升级版p.541)
He wants to engage in business [politics]. 他想从商[政]。(同上)
engage oneself to sb. = be engaged to sb. 与某人订婚
engage (oneself) to do sth. 保证做某事