employ

英 [ɪmˈplɔɪ]

美 [ɪmˈplɔɪ]

v. 雇用; 应用; 运用; 使用
n. 雇用，受雇; 服务; 工作，职业

过去分词：employed　第三人称单数：employs　过去式：employed　现在分词：employing　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1231 / COCA.1962

习惯用语

be employed in doing sth

从事于，忙于（做某事）
if a person or their time is employed in doing sth , the person spends time doing that thing
She was employed in making a list of all the jobs to be done.
她忙着把要做的所有工作列一个清单。

in sb's employ

in the employ of sb

替某人工作；为某人所雇用
working for sb; employed by sb

牛津词典

verb

雇用
to give sb a job to do for payment
1. How many people does the company employ?
  这个公司雇用了多少人？
2. For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter.
  三年来他一直受雇当消防员。
3. A number of people have been employed to deal with the backlog of work.
  已雇来一些人处理积压的工作。
应用；运用；使用
to use sth such as a skill, method, etc. for a particular purpose
1. He criticized the repressive methods employed by the country's government.
  他指责了这个国家政府采取的镇压手段。
2. The police had to employ force to enter the building.
  警察不得不强行进入大楼。

noun

柯林斯词典

VERB 雇用
If a person or companyemploysyou, they pay you to work for them.
1. The company employs 18 staff...
  公司雇用了18名员工。
2. More than 3,000 local workers are employed in the tourism industry...
  3,000余名当地人受雇于旅游业。
3. The government counted 27,600,000 employed persons in West Germany.
  据政府统计，西德当时的就业人数为2,760万人。
VERB 使用;采用
If youemploycertain methods, materials, or expressions, you use them.
1. The tactics the police are now to employ are definitely uncompromising.
  警方目前即将采取的策略明显很强硬。
2. ...the vocabulary that she employs.
  她使用的词汇
3. ...the approaches and methods employed in the study.
  研究中使用的思路和方法
VERB 利用，花费（时间）
If your timeis employed indoing something, you are using the time you have to do that thing.
1. Your time could be usefully employed in attending to professional matters...
  你可以有效地利用时间处理一些专业问题。
2. The journalists would be much better employed in trying to explain to us how the astronomical legal costs of the cases can be justified.
  记者们最好花时间向我们说明为什么诉讼费高得惊人。
PHRASE 受雇于
If you arein the employ ofsomeone or something, you work for them.
1. Others hinted that he was in the employ of the KGB...
  其他人暗示他受雇于克格勃。
2. Those in his employ were careful never to enrage him.
  在他手底下干活的人都非常小心绝不去触怒他。

英英释义

noun

the state of being employed or having a job
1. they are looking for employment
2. he was in the employ of the city
Synonym:employment

verb

put into service
1. use your head!
2. we only use Spanish at home
3. I can't use this tool
4. Apply a magnetic field here
5. This thinking was applied to many projects
6. How do you utilize this tool?
7. I apply this rule to get good results
8. use the plastic bags to store the food
9. He doesn't know how to use a computer
Synonym:useutilizeutiliseapply
engage or hire for work
1. They hired two new secretaries in the department
2. How many people has she employed?
Synonym:hireengage

双语例句

How do you employ your spare time?
你怎么利用你的业余时间？
Because of the legislation I could not employ a woman. Women have made themselves unemployable. They have scored an own goal.
因为这项立法，我不能雇用女职员。妇女使得自己没法被人雇用，她们搬起石头砸了自己的脚。
I always give new workers a short contract to begin with, as I want to see how they measure up before I employ them on a lasting basis.
雇用工人时我先同他们订个短期合同，我要看看他们的能力再决定是否长期雇用。
The agent was in the employ of a foreign country.
这个特工人员是外国雇佣的。
There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth whatever criteria the Arts Council employ for this exercise.
无论艺术委员会采取哪种标准来评判这次训练，总会有人哀怨，有人气愤。
They employ a nanny, cleaner, and gardener.
他们雇用了一个保姆、一个清洁工和一个花匠。
The Earl didn't have the money or good judgement to employ a steward to manage the place for him.
这位伯爵既没钱也没有良好的判断力去雇用一名管家替自己管理这所房子。
I'll engage for John's behaviour should you decide to employ him.
如果你决定聘用约翰，我愿为他的行为担保。
The organisers have to employ performers to pull a crowd.
组织者不得不雇些演员来聚拢人气。
I employ a secretary to screen my calls.
我雇用了一名秘书转接打给我的电话。