Engagement

(noun.) employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; 'the play had bookings throughout the summer'.

(noun.) the act of sharing in the activities of a group; 'the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities'.

(noun.) contact by fitting together; 'the engagement of the clutch'; 'the meshing of gears'.

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• I am also to take it as a matter of fact that the proposal to withdraw from the engagement came, in the first instance, from YOU? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He had even yielded to her wish for a long engagement, since she had found the one disarming answer to his plea for haste. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• In the spring of 1862 the Monitor met the Merrimac in engagement in Hampton Roads, and established the great value of the turret monitor. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Crittenden had a severe engagement with some of Hill's corps on his crossing the river, and lost heavily. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It was in those days rather a rare accomplishment, and led to her engagement with the orthodox Miss Pinkerton. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Unfortunately I have an engagement. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• At the conclusion of the engagement, a place had been found for the poor boy in a cart, and he had been brought back to Brussels. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I therefore pleaded another engagement; and observing that Mrs. Micawber's spirits were immediately lightened, I resisted all persuasion to forego it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I conceive a conditional engagement to be null and void, when the conditions are not fulfilled. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Any inward debate Lydgate had as to the consequences of this engagement which had stolen upon him, turned on the paucity of time rather than of money. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The sooner the engagement's off, the better. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It must have been from attachment only, that she could be led to form the engagement. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• During the day General Meade's advance had considerable fighting with the enemy's rear-guard, but was unable to bring on a general engagement. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Celia had become less afraid of saying things to Dorothea since this engagement: cleverness seemed to her more pitiable than ever. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Well, she has taken a sudden resolution to break the engagement. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Chance set me free of my London engagements to-day sooner than I had expected, and I have got here, in consequence, earlier than my appointed time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He has many friends, and is at a time of life when friends and engagements are continually increasing. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Our total loss (not including Burnside's) in all these engagements amounted to 757 killed, 4,529 wounded and 330 missing. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Had Canby been in other engagements afterwards, he would, I have no doubt, have advanced without any fear arising from a sense of the responsibility. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Twice was his card found on the table, when they returned from their morning's engagements. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Ordinary people might have hesitated before setting aside their own engagements to suit the convenience of a stranger. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• A better army, man for man, probably never faced an enemy than the one commanded by General Taylor in the earliest two engagements of the Mexican war. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• At other times my engagements used to be with him to go over his business affairs at Menlo Park at night, if I was occupied in New York during the day. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The former left them soon after tea to fulfill her evening engagements; and Elinor was obliged to assist in making a whist table for the others. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• While I can have my mornings to myself, said she, it is enough--I think it is no sacrifice to join occasionally in evening engagements. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Sir Thomas, drawing back from intimacies in general, was particularly disinclined, at this time, for any engagements but in one quarter. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Sherman's loss in these last engagements in killed, wounded, and missing, was about sixteen hundred. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Harriet, necessarily drawn away by her engagements with the Martins, was less and less at Hartfield; which was not to be regretted. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• What engagements? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• All the engagements fought ought to have served to encourage the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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