考研英语：这些单词经常考熟词僻义(四)

7.engage

v.①(in)从事，忙于②(to)与……订婚③聘用④吸引

【试题链接】 Nevertheless Williams’s suit charged that the casino, knowing he was “helplessly addicted to gambling” intentionally worked to “lure” him to “engage (①) in conduct against his will” well.[2006年新题型]

【译文】 然而威廉姆斯还是控告娱乐场，明知道他“不可救药地赌博上瘾”还故意“诱惑”他“违背他自己的意愿参加赌博”。

【试题链接】 The change met the technical requirements of the new age by engaging (③) a large professional element and prevented the decline in efficiency that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in the second and third generation after the energetic founders.[1996年Text3]

【译文】 过聘用大量专业人员来适应新时代的技术要求，并防止了效率的降低，而在过去这种低效率曾使得许多旧式家族企业在精力充沛的创业者之后的第二、三代手中破产倒闭。

【试题链接】 To see an animal in pain is enough, for most, to engage (④) sympathy.[1997年翻译]

【译文】 对于大多数人来说，看见一个动物在受苦，足以引起他们同情。