1、engage

参与;从事

I have never engaged in the drug trade.

我从未参与过毒品交易。

You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.

你可以参加南边草坪上的槌球游戏。

适应；（与…）建立密切关系

She found it hard to engage with office life.

她发现很难适应办公室生活。

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

她已经发誓要努力和当地的爱尔兰人建立关系。

任命;聘用;雇用

We engaged the services of a recognised engineer.

我们雇用了一个公认的杰出工程师。

He had been able to engage some staff.

他已经能够雇用一些员工。

2、dedicate

献(身);投(身);致力

Back on the island, he dedicated himself to politics.

回到岛上后，他便投身于政治。

Bessie has dedicated her life to caring for others.

贝茜一生都致力于照顾他人。

把(书、戏剧、音乐作品等)献（给）

She dedicated her first album to Woody Allen.

她把自己的第一张专辑献给了伍迪·艾伦。

This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother.

谨以此书献给我已故的母亲。

为(建筑物或教堂)举行奉献（或落成）典礼

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

几天前，在布赖顿附近的一个小教堂，人们以一扇窗户来纪念迈克尔·斯科特牧师。

The church is dedicated to St Mary of Bec.

该教堂供奉的是贝克的圣玛丽。