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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. 她订婚嫁给西班牙王位继承人。
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 进行对话/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. 她积极参与多个项目。 - 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. 这是一个让您充分参与主题工作的项目。
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
- (British English)
(of a public toilet/bathroom 公共卫生间 being used 被占用的；使用中的