engage

ilgisini çekmek, meşgul etmek

Birinin ilgisini çekip sürdürmek veya onu bir şeye dahil etmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To interest someone and keep their attention or involve them in something.

• The story engaged the children.
• How can we engage more students?
• Her talk engaged the audience from the start.

Nasıl kullanılır: engage someone in something (The teacher engaged the class in a discussion.)

Eş anlamlılar: interest, absorb, involve

Zıt anlamlılar: bore

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: engage an audience, engage students, engage someone in

katılmak, uğraşmak

Bir etkinlikte yer almak veya bir işle uğraşmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To take part in an activity.

• They engage in regular exercise.
• We engaged in a lively discussion.
• The company no longer engages in international trade.

Nasıl kullanılır: engage in something (The students engaged in a debate about school rules.)

Eş anlamlılar: participate, take part

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: engage in something, engage in discussion

kavraştırmak, devreye sokmak

Makinenin hareketli parçalarını birlikte çalışacak şekilde birbirine bağlamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To connect moving machine parts so that they work together.

• Engage the clutch slowly.
• He engaged the gears and started moving.
• The wheel’s teeth engage with those of the smaller wheel.

Nasıl kullanılır: engage with something (The smaller gear engages with the larger one.)

Eş anlamlılar: connect, mesh

Zıt anlamlılar: disengage

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: engage the clutch, engage a gear, engage with something

taahhüt altına sokmak, nişanlamak

Birini söz veya görevle yükümlü kılmak, özellikle evlenme sözüyle bağlamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To bind someone by a promise or duty, especially a promise to marry.

• They are engaged to be married.
• He engaged himself to repay the money.
• The agreement engages each member to contribute equally.

Nasıl kullanılır: be engaged to someone (She is engaged to her childhood friend.); engage oneself to do something (He engaged himself to complete the work by June.)

Eş anlamlılar: bind, commit, pledge

Zıt anlamlılar: release

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: engage oneself to, engage to marry

işe almak, tutmak

Bir işi yapması veya hizmet vermesi için birini tutmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To hire someone to do a job or provide a service.

• We engaged a lawyer.
• They engaged a consultant to review the plans.
• The hotel has engaged three new chefs.

Nasıl kullanılır: engage someone to do something (We engaged a builder to repair the roof.); engage someone as something (They engaged her as their legal adviser.)

Eş anlamlılar: hire, employ

Zıt anlamlılar: dismiss

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: engage a lawyer, engage someone to

çatışmaya girmek, savaşmak

Bir düşmanla savaşmaya veya çatışmaya başlamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To start fighting an enemy.

• The troops engaged the enemy.
• Our ships engaged two enemy vessels.
• The soldiers were ordered not to engage.

Eş anlamlılar: fight, attack

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: engage the enemy, engage enemy forces