We all couldn't shake our responsibilities.

Wait a minute, I want to shake some of this water out of my boots.

等一会儿, 我要把靴子里的水往外甩.

Come on, shake a leg. We're late already.

好啦,快点儿, 我们快要迟到了.

He had been able to engage some staff.

他已经能够雇用一些员工。

We want to engage recognized leaders in discussion.

我们想和公认的领袖们进行讨论。

It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes.

从这可以避开敌方鱼雷区对敌人发动进攻。

His troops will only engage in a ground battle when all the odds are in their favour.

他的部队只有在胜券在握的时候才打地面战。

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。

She found it hard to engage with office life.

她发现很难适应办公室生活。

Industry leaders want scientists to engage in fundamental research, not applied research.

行业领袖希望科学家从事基础性研究，而非应用性研究。

He said the United States was not willing to engage in a search for partial solutions — to succumb, as he put it, to a siren song.

他说美国不愿意参与仅仅解决部分问题的方案的探索——按照他的说法，这种做法就是向诱惑低头。

Press the lever until you hear the catch engage.

压下挡杆，直到听到挡挂好。

You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.

你可以参加南边草坪上的槌球游戏。

I can engage for his honesty.

我保证他为人诚实.

I'll engage for John's behaviour should you decide to employ him.

如果你决定聘用约翰,我愿为他的行为担保.

I have no time to engage in the debate.

我没时间参加辩论.

It is difficult to engage teachers of quality.

很难招聘到优秀教师.

Winter is a cynical character of the juvenile, sometimes docile Lingli , sometimes engage in some mischief.

冬天是一个性格乖戾的少年, 时而温顺伶俐, 时而搞些恶作剧.

Approach and engage a pretty girl in conversation with no prompting from anyone.

邂逅并邀请一个漂亮的姑娘，在没人鼓励的前提下与之交谈.

It would be pointless to engage in hypothesis before we have the facts.

在我们还没掌握事实的情况下瞎猜是毫无意义的.

I think it unfair to engage a girl for longer than a week or two.

我认为,在那种情况下,至多只能把她挽留一、两个星期.