previous engagement
英 [ˈpriːviəs ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt]
美 [ˈpriːviəs ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt]
【经】先约，已承担的义务
双语例句
- Since you have a previous engagement, why didn't you say so?
既然有事，何不早说？ - I regret to say ( that) I have a previous engagement that evening. However, thank you FOR thinking of me.
很遗憾，那天晚上我另有约会。不过，我还是感谢您想到了我。 - Continuing Programs: Building on previous engagement with ACWF, the Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is working toward an MOU with ACWF on cookstove access for women.
继续进行的项目：在以往与中华全国妇女联合会相互往来的基础上，全球清洁炉灶联盟正与全国妇联就妇女获得清洁炉灶的谅解备忘录进行商讨。 - It is so thoughtful of you to ask me, but unfortunately I have a rather important previous engagement on that day.
您对我的邀请真是想得周到。但不巧的是，那一天我预先已有重要的约会。 - I'm afraid I have a previous lunch engagement.
恐怕我已午餐有约在先了。 - Because of a previous engagement/ full schedule/ business trip, I can't make it at the time.
由于我届时已有约会／全部时间已经排满／另有事务性访问，故不能出席。 - We have a previous engagement that day.
我们那天有约了。 - I have a previous engagement at6:30.
6点半我已有约。 - It is very kind of you to invite me, but I have got a previous engagement.
谢谢你的盛情邀请，但我早已有约会。 - Sorry to call on you so late in the evening, but we did have a previous engagement.
好吧，闲言少叙，今晚我们有特约嘉宾，这是应大家的要求。 - He cannot go for he has a previous engagement.
他不能去，因他已先有约会。 - But we did have a previous engagement.
但这是我们先前计划好的。 - We have much pleasure in accepting your invitation but deeply regret having to refuse owing to a previous engagement.
我们非常愿意接受你们的邀请，但由于有约在先，不能出席，非常抱歉。 - I can t see you on Monday because I have a previous engagement.
我星期一无法见你，因为我有约在先。