engage

引きつける、興味を持たせる

人の興味を引きつけ、注意を保ったり参加させたりする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： engage someone in something (The teacher engaged the class in a discussion.)

類義語： interest, absorb, involve

反対語： bore

よく使う表現： engage an audience, engage students, engage someone in

参加する、従事する

活動に加わったり、ある仕事に取り組んだりする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： engage in something (The students engaged in a debate about school rules.)

類義語： participate, take part

よく使う表現： engage in something, engage in discussion

かみ合わせる、つなぐ

機械の動く部品をつなぎ、一緒に働くようにする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： engage with something (The smaller gear engages with the larger one.)

類義語： connect, mesh

反対語： disengage

よく使う表現： engage the clutch, engage a gear, engage with something

約束させる、婚約させる

約束や義務で人を縛る。特に結婚の約束をさせる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： 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.)

類義語： bind, commit, pledge

反対語： release

よく使う表現： engage oneself to, engage to marry

雇う、依頼する

仕事やサービスを頼むために人を雇う。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： hire, employ

反対語： dismiss

よく使う表現： engage a lawyer, engage someone to

交戦する、戦う

敵と戦い始める。

やさしい英語で： To start fighting an enemy.

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

類義語： fight, attack

よく使う表現： engage the enemy, engage enemy forces