They tried to engage him in conversation.

他们试图使他加入谈话。

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She tried desperately to engage him in conversation.

她用尽办法要他跟她谈话。

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Try (again) to engage this boss in a conversation and "make it about you, not about him."

(再次)尝试与这位老板进行对话，对话的主题应该是“你，而不是他。”

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"Of his sense and his goodness," continued Elinor, "no one can, I think, be in doubt, who has seen him often enough to engage him in unreserved conversation."

䶜“对于他的德行与理智，”埃丽诺接着说，“凡是经常见到他，能同他畅所欲言的人，我想谁也无法怀疑。”

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"Of his sense and his goodness," continued Elinor, "no one can, I think, be in doubt, who has seen him often enough to engage him in unreserved conversation."

䶜“对于他的德行与理智，”埃丽诺接着说，“凡是经常见到他，能同他畅所欲言的人，我想谁也无法怀疑。”

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