engagements

engagements的音标是[ɪnˈɡeɪdʒməʊz]，基本翻译是“约会；婚约；订婚；约定”。速记技巧可以是将其中的字母拆分后进行联想记忆，例如将其与“因该吃”联系起来记忆，这样在遇到类似单词时也可以尝试使用这种方法进行记忆。

Engagement这个词来源于拉丁语，意为“参与，订立”。它的变化形式包括名词的复数形式engagements，过去式和过去分词形式engaged，形容词形式engaged。

相关单词：契约（contract）、约会（date）、婚约（wedding）、订婚（engagement）、雇佣（engage）、承诺（promise）、参与（engage in）、兵役（conscription）、雇佣兵（soldier in engagements）。

例如，契约这个词可以表示合同、义务等含义，与Engagement一样，也与订立有关。约会这个词通常指约定的时间见面，而婚约则是指婚姻的约定。订婚这个词常用于描述结婚前的承诺和约定。雇佣这个词则表示雇佣关系，与Engage的动词形式有密切关系。承诺和参与这两个单词都与Engage的形容词形式engaged有关，表示参与某事的状态。兵役和雇佣兵这两个单词中的Engage则是动词形式，表示参与战斗或战争。

常用短语：

1. engagement in 从事，忙于

2. break one"s engagement 毁约

3. formal engagement 正式求婚

4. public engagement 公开活动

5. private engagement 私人约会

6. engagement ring 订婚戒指

7. engagement letter 婚前协议

双语句子：

1. I am currently engaged in writing my thesis. 我目前正忙于写论文。

2. We broke our engagement because he changed his mind. 我们毁约是因为他变卦了。

3. They announced their engagement in the newspaper. 他们宣布了他们在报纸上的婚约。

4. The President gave a public engagement last night. 总统昨晚举行了公开活动。

5. They had a private engagement to attend a dinner party. 他们有一个私人约会要去参加一个晚宴。

6. She gave him her engagement ring as a symbol of her love. 她把订婚戒指给他作为爱的象征。

7. We need to discuss our engagement and wedding plans. 我们需要讨论我们的婚约和婚礼计划。

英文小作文：

My Engagement Story

Last year, I met my future husband on a blind date. We hit it off immediately and started dating soon after. One day, he asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes immediately. After a year of dating, he proposed to me and I said yes again. We got engaged and started planning our wedding.

The wedding planning was a lot of work, but it was also a lot of fun. We spent hours picking out the perfect venue, flowers, music, and dress for the wedding. We also had to make sure that we had everything we needed for the honeymoon, which was a lot of fun too!

Now that we are engaged, we are looking forward to spending more time together and planning our future together. We are both very excited about our future and are looking forward to starting our new life together as husband and wife.