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having agreed to marry somebody 已订婚 When did you get engaged? 你们什么时候订的婚? an engaged couple 已订婚的一对 - engaged to somebody
She's engaged to Peter. 她与彼得订了婚。 They are engaged to be married (= to each other). 他们已经订婚。 She was engaged to marry the heir to the Spanish throne. 她与西班牙王位继承人订婚了。
Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorce 结婚和离婚 Romance 恋爱 - fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
(疯狂地/深深地/无可救药地)爱上/爱着(某人) - be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
是/相信一见钟情;一见钟情 - be/find true love/the love of your life
是/找到真爱/一生的爱 - suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
受单相思之苦 - have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
对某人/某事有着/表示出强烈的/深深的/真挚的爱慕之情 - meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
与丈夫/妻子/伴侣/未婚夫/未婚妻/男朋友/女朋友结识/结婚 - have/go on a (blind) date
有个/去约会/相亲 - be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
与一个小伙子/女生/男生/男人/女人在谈恋爱 - move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
与男朋友/女朋友/伴侣同居
Weddings 婚礼 - get/be engaged/married/divorced
订婚;结婚;离婚 - arrange/plan a wedding
安排婚礼 - have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
举行隆重的婚礼;度蜜月;婚姻幸福 - have/enter into an arranged marriage
有一个/走入包办婚姻 - call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
取消/推迟婚礼 - invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
邀请某人出席/参加婚礼/结婚典礼/结婚喜宴 - conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
举行结婚典礼 - exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
交换戒指;互致结婚誓言 - congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
祝贺这对幸福的新人;为这对幸福的伉俪干杯 - be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
(与妻子/丈夫)在/去度蜜月 - celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
庆祝第一个(结婚)纪念日
Separation and divorce 分居和离婚 - be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
对丈夫/妻子/伴侣/未婚夫/未婚妻/男朋友/女朋友不忠 - have an affair (with somebody)
(和某人)有暧昧关系 - break off/end an engagement/a relationship
解除/终止婚约/恋爱关系 - break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
与男友/女友分手;甩掉男友/女友 - separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
和丈夫/妻子分居;离弃丈夫/妻子;与丈夫/妻子离婚 - annul/dissolve a marriage
宣布婚姻无效;解除婚姻关系 - apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
申请/要求/办理离婚;离婚 - get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
获得/被判予/拥有/失去对孩子的监护权 - pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)
(向前妻/前夫)支付生活费/子女抚养费
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb1She's engaged to an actor. 她和一名演员订了婚。 The couple got engaged last month. 他俩上月订了婚。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- get
- …
- happily
- newly
- recently
- …
- to
- engaged to be married
- (formal)
busy doing something; involved with somebody/something in an active and interested way 忙于;从事于 I can't come to dinner on Tuesday—I'm otherwise engaged (= I have already arranged to do something else). 我星期二不能来参加宴会,我有别的安排。 - engaged in something
They were engaged in conversation. 他们正谈得来劲。 to be engaged in dialogue/discussion/debate 参与对话/讨论/辩论 They are engaged in talks with the Irish government. 他们正忙着与爱尔兰政府谈判。 - engaged on something
She is actively engaged on several projects. 她积极参与几个项目。 - engaged with somebody/something
We need to become more engaged with our history as a nation. 我们需要更加谨记我们的民族历史。 Mrs Scott is engaged with a customer at the moment. 斯科特夫人正在忙于接待一位客户。
Extra ExamplesHe is now engaged on his second novel. 他正埋头写他的第二部小说。 I'm afraid Mr Wilson cannot see you now as he is otherwise engaged. 恐怕威尔逊先生现在不能见你,他有别的事。 She was engaged in conversation with a client. 她当时正在和一个客户商谈。 those who are deeply engaged in party politics 深深卷入党派政治的人们 It was a project which had you fully engaged in the subject matter. 这是一个让你完全投入其中的项目。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- deeply
- heavily
- fully
- …
- in
- on
- with
- …
- (British English) (also busy especially in North American English)(of a phone line)
being used 被占用的;使用中的 I couldn't get through—the line's engaged. 我打不通电话,线路忙。 I phoned earlier but you were engaged (= using your phone). 我早先打过电话,但你那边占线。 the engaged tone/signal 忙音;占线信号
Collocations PhonesTopics Phones, email and the internetb2Phones 电话 Making and receiving phone calls 打/接电话 - the phone/telephone rings
电话铃响了 - answer/pick up/hang up the phone/telephone
接/挂电话 - lift/pick up/hold/replace the receiver
拿起/拿着/放回听筒 - dial a (phone/extension/wrong) number/an area code
- call somebody/talk (to somebody)/speak (to somebody) on the phone/telephone; from home/work/the office
给某人打电话;从家里/工作地点/办公室给某人打电话 - make/get/receive a phone call
打/接电话 - take the phone off the hook (= remove the receiver so that the phone does not ring)
摘下电话听筒 - the line is (British English) engaged/ (especially North American English) busy
- the phones have been (North American English) ringing off the hook (= ringing frequently)
- put somebody through/get through to the person you want to speak to
给某人接通另一人的电话;打通电话 - put somebody on hold (= so that they must wait for the person they want to speak to)
让某人不要挂上电话(以便等想找的人接电话) - call from/use a landline
用座机打电话
Mobile/cell phones 手机 - be/talk on a (both British English) mobile phone/mobile/(especially North American English) cell phone/(informal, especially North American English) cell
用手机讲电话 - use/answer/call (somebody on)/get a message on your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
使用/接听/拨打某人的手机;用手机接收信息 - switch/turn on/off your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
开启/关闭手机 - charge/recharge your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
给手机充电 - a mobile/cell phone is on/is off/rings/goes off
- (British English) top up your mobile/cell (phone)
- send/receive a text (message)/an SMS (message)/a fax
发送/接收信息/短信/传真 - insert/remove/change a SIM card
插入/取出/更换 SIM 卡
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(of a public toilet/bathroom )公共卫生间 being used opposite vacant被占用的;使用中的