Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #14043
Fully loadedengaged
已订婚的；有婚约的
核心释义
having agreed to marry a particular person
- 1.
已同意与某人订婚
Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- 2.
忙碌或被雇用
Busy or employed.
- 3.
非常感兴趣
Greatly interested.
- 4.
附着于墙上或嵌入墙中一半
attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- 5.
接触并运作中
in contact and in operation
- 6.
正在攻击或被攻击
being attacked or attacking
- 7.
胎儿的最大部分,通常是头部,进入骨盆入口
Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
- 8.
对事业充满热情的承诺
Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
忙碌的；被占用的；从事中的；非常感兴趣的；专注的；投入的；附壁的；半嵌入的；接合的；啮合的；已接通的；交战中的；进行战斗的
用法In use
She was deeply engaged in conversation with her friend.
用法提示：形容词 engaged 意为‘投入的，专注的’，描述注意力被占据的状态。
All the tables in the restaurant are engaged for the evening.
用法提示：形容词 engaged 意为‘已预订的’，表示资源已被预留。
I tried to call the office, but the line was engaged.
用法提示：形容词 engaged 为英式英语，意为‘占线的’，指电话线不可用。
be engaged to sb
表示“与某人订婚”，介词用 to，不用 with。
She is engaged to a doctor she met in college.
她与大学时认识的一位医生订婚了。
be engaged in sth
表示忙于、从事某项活动或工作，后接名词或动名词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- get engaged
- 订婚
- They got engaged last spring.他们去年春天订婚了。
- be engaged to someone
- 与某人订婚
- She is engaged to a doctor.她与一位医生订婚了。
- be engaged in something
- 从事某事；忙于某事
- He is engaged in research on climate change.他从事气候变化研究。
- deeply engaged
- 深度投入的；非常感兴趣的
- The children were deeply engaged in the art project.孩子们深深投入于这个艺术项目。
- keep someone engaged
- 让某人保持兴趣/参与
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
无名指戴上戒指→订婚；忙得没空抬头→被占用；聊起爱好两眼放光→投入。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：wedding or engagement announcements、everyday conversations with friends and family 作“已订婚”讲时，通常用 be engaged to sb，语气中性，在正式公告和日常交谈中都比较自然。
语法说明Grammar Note
表示忙于某事（搭配in/on/with），或已订婚（搭配to），注意英式英语中表示电话占线。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 engaged 第二音节 /eɪdʒd/ 押韵：caged, paged, waged, staged, raged, aged（动词过去式读/eɪdʒd/）。注意有些以 -aged 结尾的词读音不同：managed /ˈmænɪdʒd/、damaged /ˈdæmɪdʒd/、mortgaged /ˈmɔːɡɪdʒd/；aged 作形容词表示“年迈的”时读 /ˈeɪdʒɪd/。不要只凭拼写判断发音。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.