词汇 | engage |
词根词缀 | 词源: 1430, from M.Fr. engagier, from O.Fr. en gage "under pledge," from en "make" + gage "pledge," through Frankish from P.Gmc. *wadiare "pledge" (showing the common evolution of Gmc. -w- to Fr. -g-; cf. Guillaume from Wilhelm). Specific sense of "promise to marry" first recorded 1727. 词根记忆: v. (in)从事,着手;约定;使订婚;保证;雇用Tom is engaged to Anne.汤姆已与安妮订婚. |
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