engineer

英 [ˌendʒɪˈnɪə(r)]

美 [ˌendʒɪˈnɪr]

n. 工程师; 设计师; 机修工; 技师; 技工; (船上的)轮机手; (飞机上的)机械师
v. 密谋策划; 设计制造; 改变…的基因(或遗传)结构

复数：engineers　过去分词：engineered　过去式：engineered　现在分词：engineering　第三人称单数：engineers　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1889 / COCA.1997

牛津词典

noun

工程师；设计师
a person whose job involves designing and building engines, machines, roads, bridges, etc.
机修工；技师；技工
a person who is trained to repair machines and electrical equipment
1. They're sending an engineer to fix the phone.
  他们要派一名技师来安装电话。
（船上的）轮机手；（飞机上的）机械师
a person whose job is to control and repair engines, especially on a ship or an aircraft
（船上的）轮机手；（飞机上的）机械师
a person whose job is to control and repair engines, especially on a ship or an aircraft
工兵
a soldier trained to design and build military structures

verb

密谋策划
to arrange for sth to happen or take place, especially when this is done secretly in order to give yourself an advantage
1. She engineered a further meeting with him.
  她精心安排又和他见了一面。
设计制造
to design and build sth
1. The car is beautifully engineered and a pleasure to drive.
  这辆汽车设计完美，工艺精良，开起来过瘾。
改变…的基因（或遗传）结构
to change the genetic structure of sth
1. genetically engineered crops
  转基因农作物

See also:chemical engineer civil engineer electrical engineer sound engineer
N-COUNT 机械修理工;电气修理工；技师
Anengineeris a person who repairs mechanical or electrical devices.
1. They send a service engineer to fix the disk drive.
  他们派出维修人员来修磁盘驱动器。
（船上的）轮机手
Anengineeris a person who is responsible for maintaining the engine of a ship while it is at sea.
VERB 设计制造（车辆、桥梁、建筑物等）
When a vehicle, bridge, or buildingis engineered, it is planned and constructed using scientific methods.
1. Many of Kuwait's spacious freeways were engineered by W S Atkins.
  科威特有很多宽阔的高速公路是阿特金斯集团设计建造的。
2. ...the car's better designed and engineered rivals.
  比那款轿车的设计和制造更为精良的竞争车型
VERB （巧妙或间接地）安排，筹划
If youengineeran event or situation, you arrange for it to happen, in a clever or indirect way.
1. He could stand no more and engineered an escape...
  他无法再忍受，便策划了出逃。
2. This boom has been engineered by the Chancellor for short-term political reasons.
  这片繁荣景象是总理为了短期政治利益而精心安排的。

noun

a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
Synonym:applied scientisttechnologist
the operator of a railway locomotive
Synonym:locomotive engineerrailroad engineerengine driver

verb

plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
1. he masterminded the robbery
Synonym:masterminddirectorganizeorganiseorchestrate
design as an engineer
1. He engineered the water supply project

My father was an intense, emotional, rather quick-tempered man& more of an artist than an engineer.
我父亲是一个热情认真，好动感情、有点性急的人，他更像一个艺术家而不像工程师。
The chief engineer is very busy and can't be in attendance at today's meeting.
总工程师太忙了，不能出席今天的会议。
The main engineer will be the pillars of the project.
总工程师是这项工程的擎天柱。
The engineer drew a diagram of the bridge.
工程师绘制了一幅这座桥的示意图。
The engineer explained the main points of the technical problem over again.
工程师把那个技术问题的重点重新讲一遍。
He elected to become an engineer.
他决定当工程师。
We engaged the services of a recognised engineer
我们雇用了一个公认的杰出工程师。
If an engine packs in, there's not much the engineer can do about it until the plane is back on the ground.
如果引擎坏了，那么在飞机着陆之前工程师也无能为力。
The retired engineer takes an active part in neighbourhood affairs.
这位退休工程师积极参加街道活动。
He could stand no more and engineered an escape
他无法再忍受，便策划了出逃。