engineer
noun [ C ] uk/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/ us/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
A2 工程师;工程（或机械）设计人员
a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways, or bridges, using scientific principles
a civil engineer 土木工程师
a mechanical/structural engineer 机械／结构工程师
a software engineer 软件工程师
机修工;技师;技工;机械师
a person whose job is to repair or control machines, engines, or electrical equipment
a computer engineer 电脑工程师
The engineer is coming to repair our phone tomorrow morning. 修理工明天上午来修我们的电话。
US (UK engine driver)火车司机，机车司机
a train driver
- More examples
- a sound engineer
- As an engineer, he was a disaster.
- He started his working life as an engineer but later became a teacher.
- A top German engineer has been appointed to troubleshoot the cause of the accident.
- The engineer soon got the air-conditioning up and running again.
engineer
verb [ T ] uk/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/ us/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
(ARRANGE)
（尤指为自己的利益）密谋策划，精心安排
to arrange cleverly and often secretly for something to happen, especially something that is to your advantage
Left-wing groups engineered a coup against the military government. 左翼集团密谋策划了一场反军政府的政变。
I'm trying to engineer a meeting between them. 我正在尽力谋划，好让他们见面。
(BUILD)
设计;建造
to design and build something using scientific principles