engaged

adj.

1. 忙于；从事于
   busy doing sth
   1. They are engaged in talks with the Irish government.
      他们正忙着与爱尔兰政府谈判。
   2. He is now engaged on his second novel.
      他正埋头写他的第二部小说。
   3. I can't come to dinner on Tuesday─I'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。
   4. They were engaged in conversation.
      他们正谈得来劲。
2. 已订婚
   having agreed to marry sb
   1. She's engaged to Peter.
      她与彼得订了婚。
   2. They are engaged to be married (= to each other) .
      他们已经订婚。
   3. When did you get engaged ?
      你们什么时候订的婚？
   4. an engaged couple
      已订婚的一对
3. 被占用的；使用中的
   being used
   1. I couldn't get through─the line's engaged.
      我打不通电话——线路忙。
   2. I phoned earlier but you were engaged (= using your phone) .
      我早先打过电话，但你那边占线。
   3. the engaged tone/signal
      忙音；占线信号
4. 占用着；使用中
   being used

1. ADJ 从事…的;忙于…的
   Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing.
   1. They found the three engaged in target practice.
      他们发现那3个人在练习打靶。
   2. ...the various projects he was engaged on.
      他参与的各种项目
2. ADJ 订婚的
   When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other.
   1. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday...
      在我18岁生日那天我们订婚了。
   2. He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman.
      他和朱莉娅·玛丽亚·博德曼小姐订婚了。
   3. ...the engaged couple.
      那对订婚的情侣
3. ADJ （电话）占线的
   If a telephone or a telephone line is engaged, it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning.
   1. The line is engaged...
      电话占线。
   2. 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。

in AM, use 美国英语用 busy


4. （公共厕所）被占用的，使用中的
   If a public toilet is engaged, it is already being used by someone else.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 occupied

1. I have a large circle of friends and acquaintances engaged in photography.
   我在摄影界交游甚广。
2. The company engaged in a deliberate effort to cheat them out of their pensions
   公司涉嫌蓄意骗取他们的养老金。
3. I have never engaged in the drug trade
   我从未参与过毒品交易。
4. We engaged the services of a recognised engineer
   我们雇用了一个公认的杰出工程师。
5. They found the three engaged in target practice.
   他们发现那3个人在练习打靶。
6. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday
   在我18岁生日那天我们订婚了。
7. He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman.
   他和朱莉娅·玛丽亚·博德曼小姐订婚了。
8. The line is engaged
   电话占线。
9. 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。
10. At least 17 different irregular units are engaged in the war.
    至少有17个非正规军部队参战。
11. The London City Ballet has engaged two male dancers from the Bolshoi
    伦敦市芭蕾舞团从波修瓦芭蕾舞团聘来了两名男舞蹈演员。
12. The soldiers were engaged in a military operation close to the Ugandan border.
    这些士兵参加了乌干达边境附近的一次军事行动。
13. One eyewitness said the rioters were engaged in an orgy of destruction
    一位目击者称暴徒肆无忌惮地到处进行破坏。
14. Joanna was pouring the drink. While she was thus engaged, Charles sat on one of the bar-stools
    乔安娜正在倒酒。就在她正忙的当儿，查尔斯坐在了一张酒吧凳子上。
15. Animal rights activists have been engaged in an increasingly bitter war of words with many of the nation's zoos.
    动物权利保护者和该国多家动物园展开了越来越激烈的论战。
16. He has been engaged 10 years on the dictionary.
    他从事这本词典的编纂工作已达10年之久。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. He is engaged in commerce.
    他从事商业。
20. The two cogwheels are engaged.
    这两个齿轮啮合在一起。
21. He is engaged to a pretty girl.
    他跟一个漂亮的姑娘定亲了。
22. I'm engaged this afternoon.
    我今天下午有事。
23. He does wholesale business, while his brother is engaged in retail business.
    他经营批发生意，他弟弟则经营零售生意。
24. He is engaged in scientific research.
    他从事科研工作。
25. He is engaged in doing his French exercises.
    他正忙于做法语练习。
26. They have engaged in trade for many years.
    他们经商已多年。
27. He was engaged from abroad.
    他是从国外聘来的。
28. The soldiers were engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
    战士们与敌人展开了肉搏。
29. Tom is engaged to Anne.
    汤姆已与安妮订婚。
30. They talk about detente, but in actuality they are engaged in intense rivalry.
    他们嘴里讲缓和，骨子里却进行激烈的争夺。

  busy active engaged【导航词义：忙碌的】

  busy adj. 忙碌的，忙的

〔辨析〕形容某人要做的事情多或者某个地方活动多、很热闹。

  active adj. 忙碌的

〔辨析〕尤指人好活动的。

  engaged adj. 〈正式〉忙的

〔辨析〕指忙于做某事（尤指公务）而脱不开身的。

adj

1. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
   1. she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities
   2. deeply engaged in conversation

   Synonym:    occupied

2. built against or attached to a wall
   1. engaged columns

3. having services contracted for
   1. the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick

4. (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
   1. the gears are engaged
   2. meshed gears
   3. intermeshed twin rotors

   Synonym:    meshedintermeshed

5. involved in military hostilities
   1. the desperately engaged ships continued the fight

6. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability
   1. her line is busy
   2. receptionists' telephones are always engaged
   3. the lavatory is in use
   4. kept getting a busy signal

   Synonym:    busyin use(p)

7. reserved in advance

   Synonym:    bookedset-aside(p)