不及物動詞：參加、從事、接合、交戰
常見搭配詞：
- engage in something
參加、從事、忙於 - engage with somebody / something (正式用語)
和人互動或參與某事，以便進一步了解
例句：
- She was so tired that she didn’t have the energy to engage with her kids.
她太累了，沒有精力跟孩子互動 - She found it was difficult for her to engage with office life.
她覺得自己很難適應辦公室生活 - I have no time to engage in the debate.
我沒時間加入辯論 - The scientist engaged in a serious study of the problem.
那科學家對那問題進行了認真的研究
及物動詞：僱用、吸引住、使感興趣、使接合
常見搭配詞：
- engage somebody’s interest / attention
吸引某人興趣 / 注意 - engage somebody in conversation
跟某人攀談(開始說話) - be engaged to somebody
和…訂婚 - be engaged in
從事於、忙於 - be engaged as (a guide)
被雇用做…(導遊) - engage somebody to do something
雇用某人做… - engage oneself to do something
保證做… - engage a room
預定房間 - engage that SV
保證…
例句：
- Mary is engaged to John.
瑪麗跟約翰訂婚了 - It’s not easy for anyone to engage him in conversation.
想要跟他攀談很難 - She engaged a foreign tutor to improve her son’s English.
她請了一個外國家教來加強她的孩子的英文 - If an article can’t engage the reader’s interest in the first few paragraphs, the reader will not continue reading it.
如果一篇文章的前幾段無法引起讀者的興趣，他們就不會繼續讀下去 - The debate about child discipline has engaged the whole nation.
有關教養兒童的爭論引起全國關注 - I was busily engaged in painting the house.
我忙著刷油漆 - An excellent teacher knows how to engage the attention of their students.
優秀的老師知道如何吸引學生的注意 - The subject didn’t engage him.
那話題無法引起他的興趣 - I can engage that all her statements are trustworthy.
我可以保證她的話可靠 - She engaged herself to pay the money back.
她保證會還錢
同義詞：
- hire 雇用 vt. 受詞可以是物或人，也不強調有技能的人
- employ 雇用 vt.
- promise 允諾 vt.
- involve 使參與、牽涉 vt.
- grip 吸引…的注意力 vt.
衍生字：
- engaged 已訂婚的、佔線的、有人使用的 adj.
- engagement 訂婚、預約、交戰 n.
- engagement ring 鑲有寶石的訂婚戒指 n.
