Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #1889
engineer
设计并建造；维护
to design, build, or maintain something such as a machine, system, or structure, using engineering skills
- 1.
To employ one's abilities and knowledge as an engineer to design, construct, and/or maintain (something, such as a machine or a structure), usually for industrial or public use.
作为工程师运用能力和知识设计、建造和/或维护(如机器或结构),通常用于工业或公共用途。
- 2.
To use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism).
使用基因工程改变或构建(DNA序列),或改变(生物体)。
- 3.
To plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to finagle, to wangle.
通过计谋或狡诈计划或实现(目标)；巧妙地安排。
- 4.
design as an engineer
设计；策划
- 5.
To formulate plots or schemes; to plot, to scheme.
制定阴谋或计划；策划。
基因改造；策划；图谋；暗中操纵；作为工程师运用能力和知识设计、建造和/或维护(如机器或结构),通常用于工业或公共用途。；使用基因工程改变或构建(DNA序列),或改变(生物体)。；通过计谋或狡诈计划或实现(目标)；巧妙地安排。
In use
She engineered a new bridge that can withstand strong earthquakes.
Our team is engineering a more efficient solar panel.
He engineers automated systems for factories.
He engineered the water supply project
Verb forms
base engineer · third person engineers · -ing engineering · past engineered · past participle engineered
规则动词，意为设计、策划。
Connections
Collocations
- engineer a solution
- 巧妙地设计解决方案
- The team engineered a solution to the traffic problem.该团队巧妙地设计出了交通问题的解决方案。
- engineer a deal
- 促成协议
- He engineered a deal between the two companies.他促成了两家公司之间的协议。
- engineer a plot
- 策划阴谋
- They engineered a plot to seize power.他们策划了夺取权力的阴谋。
- engineer an escape
- 策划越狱
- The prisoners engineered a bold escape.囚犯们策划了一次大胆的越狱。
- engineer a bridge
- 设计并建造桥梁
- Her firm engineered the new bridge over the river.她的公司设计并建造了河上的新桥。
- genetically engineer
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想引擎“engine”加上后缀“-er”，像工程师精心设计引擎一样去策划安排，甚至巧妙操纵。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：engineering、biotechnology、news reporting 多用于工程、科研等正式或书面表达；在新闻报道中也可指“策划、操纵”。语气偏向正式或中性。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 engineer 美式发音末尾的 /ɪr/ 音押韵，其中 career、volunteer、pioneer、deer 和 engineer 一样拼作 -eer；sincere、appear 拼写不同但读音相同。注意不要与 bear、wear 等 -ear 发 /ɛr/ 的拼写近似词混淆。
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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