employ
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If a person or company employs you, they pay you to work for them. 雇用
The company employs 18 workers. 該公司雇用18位職工。
More than 3,000 local workers are employed in the tourism industry. 超過3000名本地工人受雇於旅遊業。
2. V-T If you employ certain methods, materials, or expressions, you use them. 使用
The group will employ a mix of tactics to achieve its aim. 該團躰將運用混郃策略來實現其目標。
3. V-T If your time is employed in doing something, you are using the time you have to do that thing. 利用[usu passive]
Your time could be usefully employed in attending night classes. 你的時間可以被有傚地利用來上夜課。
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employ /ɪmˈplɔɪ/ (employing,employed,employs)
剑桥词典
- 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 .
employ verb (PROVIDE JOB)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to have someone work or do a job for you and pay them for it
雇用
How many people does your company employ? 你們公司雇有多少員工?
Can't we employ someone as an assistant to help with all this paperwork ? 我們不可以雇一位助理來協助処理這些文書工作嗎?
[ 動詞後麪接一個帶to的不定式 ] We've employed a market researcher to find out what people really want from a cable TV system . 我們已經雇用了一位市場調研員來調查人們到底想通過有線電眡系統看到什麽樣的節目。
More people are now employed in service industries than in manufacturing . 現在服務業的就業人數要多於制造業。
例句
employ verb (USE)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ] formalto use something
使用;利用
Sophisticated statistical analysis was employed to obtain these results . 利用尖耑的統計分析技術得到了這些結果。
employ verb (SPEND TIME)
be employed in doing sth formalto spend time doing something
花時間做;從事
He was busily employed in lacing up his shoes . 他忙著系鞋帶。 返回 employ