engagement
engagement n. (1)协议;契约 (2)订婚;婚约 也可指双方达成结婚协议之后,实际结婚之前的那段时间。
engagement, n. 1. A contract or agreement involving mutual promises. [Cases: Contracts 57. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 108–109.] 2. An agreement to marry; the period after which a couple has agreed to marry but before they do so. — Also termed (in sense 2) betrothal; betrothment. [Cases: Breach of Marriage Promise 1. C.J.S. Breach of Marriage