engineer
n
1 person who designs, builds or maintains engines, machines, bridges, railways, mines, etc 工程师; 建筑师; 机械师
a civil/mining/electrical/mechanical engineer 土木[采矿/电气/机械]工程师.
2 skilled person who controls an engine or engines, esp on a ship or aircraft 操纵发动机的技师(尤指轮船或飞机上的)
the chief engineer on a cruise liner 游轮的轮机长.
3 (US) = engine-driver (engine).
4 soldier trained to design and build military works 工兵
He's in the Royal Engineers, ie a branch of the British Army. 他在皇家工兵部队服役(英国陆军的兵种). engineer, v [Tn]
1 (infml derog 口, 贬) arrange or cause (sth), esp by cunning or secret means 安排或策动(某事物)(尤指用狡猾或秘密手段); 策划
His enemies engineered his downfall. 他的仇敌图谋把他搞垮.
engineer a plot, scheme, revolt, etc 策划阴谋、 诡计、 反叛等.
2 build or control (sth) as an engineer 建造或操纵(某事物).
Sure. We've been in business about five years now.
当然。我们创业至今有五年的历史。
Who is the leader of this political party?
谁是这政党的首领?
Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons.