engineer /ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪə/ CET4 TEM4 ( engineering, engineered, engineers )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT An engineer is a person who uses scientific knowledge to design, construct, and maintain engines and machines or structures such as roads, railroads, and bridges. 工程师

• 2. 

  N-COUNT An engineer is a person who repairs mechanical or electrical devices. 维修师

  例：

  They send a service engineer to fix the disk drive.

  他们派一位维修师来修理磁盘驱动器。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT An engineer is a person who is responsible for maintaining the engine of a ship while it is at sea. 轮机师

• 4. 

  V-T When a vehicle, bridge, or building is engineered, it is planned and constructed using scientific methods. 设计制造 [usu passive]

  例：

  Its spaceship was engineered by Bert Rutan, renowned for designing the Voyager.

  它的飞船由伯特·鲁坦设计建造，此人因设计“旅行者”号飞船而闻名。

• 5. 

  V-T If you engineer an event or situation, you arrange for it to happen, in a clever or indirect way. 策划

  例：

  His family believe that his murder was engineered by a business rival.

  他的家人认为他的死是由一位商业竞争对手一手策划的。