a formal agreement to get married
订婚,婚约。
the duration of such an agreement
婚约期
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a good long engagement to give you time to be sure .让你有时间拿定主意的一个很长的婚约期。
an arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time
约会,预约
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a dinner engagement .饭局。
[mass noun]the action of engaging or being engaged
约定,保证
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Britain's continued engagement in open trading .英国对贸易开放的一贯承诺。
a fight or battle between armed forces
交战,战斗。
"early 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘a legal or moral obligation’): French, from