engineer
UK/endʒɪ'nɪə/US/.endʒi'niә/
NGSL 2kIELTSA1
Definitions
n.
A person who designs, builds, or maintains machines, structures, or systems
工程师
v.
To skillfully design or arrange something, often by cunning means
设计，策划；（巧妙地）促成
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedengineto put into, to cause
+
-erbirth, produce, kind
=engineer
engine + -er (agent) = originally 'one who builds engines (clever devices).' Because the engineer was the master of clever contrivances, the verb to engineer came to mean 'to arrange or bring about by skill or cunning' — to engineer a deal, engineer a takeover.
Common Collocations
- 1.software engineer软件工程师
- 2.civil engineer土木工程师
- 3.engineer a deal策划一笔交易
- 4.chief engineer总工程师
Example Sentences
- 1.
She works as a software engineer at a startup.
- 2.
Critics say the merger was engineered behind closed doors.
- 3.
Engineers are testing the new bridge design.