employ
verb uk/ɪmˈplɔɪ/ us/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
(PROVIDE JOB)
B1 [ T ]雇用
to have someone work or do a job for you and pay them for it
How many people does your company employ? 你们公司雇有多少员工？
Can't we employ someone as an assistant to help with all this paperwork? 我们不可以雇一位助理来协助处理这些文书工作吗？
[ + to infinitive ] We've employed a market researcher to find out what people really want from a cable TV system. 我们已经雇用了一位市场调研员来调查人们到底想通过有线电视系统看到什么样的节目。
More people are now employed in service industries than in manufacturing. 现在服务业的就业人数要多于制造业。
- More examples
- We need to employ more supervisory staff.
- The firm employs several freelance editors.
- The number of people employed by the company has risen from 25 to 200 in three years.
- They've employed her for a six-month trial period.
- The problem with employing people who are overqualified for the job is that they often don't stay in it for long.
(USE)
C1 [ T ] formal使用;利用
to use something
Sophisticated statistical analysis was employed to obtain these results. 利用尖端的统计分析技术得到了这些结果。
(SPEND TIME)
be employed in doing something formal 花时间做;从事
to spend time doing something
He was busily employed in lacing up his shoes. 他忙着系鞋带。
Clara was chiefly employed in making sure the young people had enough to eat.
Father is currently employed in building a new bookcase.
The girls were happily employed in a variety of tasks.
The children were employed in cutting shapes from cardboard.
employ
noun formal uk/ɪmˈplɔɪ/ us/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
be in someone's employ 受雇于…;为…工作
to be working for someone
He questioned the immigration status of a nanny who had been in my employ.
He was an intelligence agent who'd been posted to Vietnam in the employ of his uncle.
Most civil servants are in the employ of local authorities.
It was while in the prince's employ that Bach wrote many of his greatest works.
She stated that the prisoner had been in her employ for just under four years.
Synonym: employment