engineer
US /ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
UK /ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
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ingénieur
a person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures
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My brother is a software engineer.
Mon frère est ingénieur logiciel.
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She works as a civil engineer on bridge projects.
Elle travaille comme ingénieur civil sur des projets de ponts.
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concevoir, construire
design and build (a machine or structure)
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The team will engineer a new propulsion system for the spacecraft.
L'équipe va concevoir un nouveau système de propulsion pour le vaisseau spatial.
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They need to engineer a solution to the water shortage.
Ils doivent concevoir une solution à la pénurie d'eau.
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orchestrer, manigancer
skillfully arrange for (an event or situation) to occur, especially surreptitiously or by manipulating events
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He managed to engineer a meeting with the CEO.
Il a réussi à organiser une réunion avec le PDG.
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The politician tried to engineer public opinion in his favor.
Le politicien a tenté de manipuler l'opinion publique en sa faveur.