She tried desperately to engage him in conversation.

她用尽办法要他跟她谈话。

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They tried to engage him in conversation.

他们试图使他加入谈话。

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The machine, Bandit, is roughly Brian's size, and it has been trying to engage him by slowly rolling toward him.

名为班迪特的机器人体型大约跟布莱恩一般大小，正试图慢慢滚动接近布莱恩。

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Ms. Dickman said she was running out of ideas for how to engage him.

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Petersen would engage him three times and on each thrilling occasion the Welshman's corner threw in the towel late on.

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Despite my petty beefs about him, I was glad at first to engage him, always greeting him with as big a smile and hello as he gave me.

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