1、engage

參與;從事

I have never engaged in the drug trade.

我從未參與過毒品交易。

You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.

你可以參加南邊草坪上的槌球游戲。

適應(yīng)；（與…）建立密切關(guān)系

She found it hard to engage with office life.

她發(fā)現(xiàn)很難適應(yīng)辦公室生活。

She had vowed to go out of her way to engage with the Irish people at local community level.

她已經(jīng)發(fā)誓要努力和當(dāng)?shù)氐膼蹱柼m人建立關(guān)系。

任命;聘用;雇用

We engaged the services of a recognised engineer.

我們雇用了一個公認(rèn)的杰出工程師。

He had been able to engage some staff.

他已經(jīng)能夠雇用一些員工。

2、dedicate

獻(xiàn)(身);投(身);致力

Back on the island, he dedicated himself to politics.

回到島上后，他便投身于政治。

Bessie has dedicated her life to caring for others.

貝茜一生都致力于照顧他人。

把(書、戲劇、音樂作品等)獻(xiàn)（給）

She dedicated her first album to Woody Allen.

她把自己的第一張專輯獻(xiàn)給了伍迪·艾倫。

This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother.

謹(jǐn)以此書獻(xiàn)給我已故的母親。

為(建筑物或教堂)舉行奉獻(xiàn)（或落成）典禮

The other day, in a little church near Brighton, a window was dedicated to the memory of the Revd. Michael Scott.

幾天前，在布賴頓附近的一個小教堂，人們以一扇窗戶來紀(jì)念邁克爾·斯科特牧師。

The church is dedicated to St Mary of Bec.

該教堂供奉的是貝克的圣瑪麗。