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| 詞匯 | employ |
| 釋義 | employ/ ?m′pl? ?/ vt & n vt 雇用,聘請 (give (paid) work to; engage the services of) [T+n,T+n+prep(in/on),C+n+prep(as),C+n+to-inf]:~new workers/three typists 雇用新工人/三個打字員; The making of the road will~many men. 修筑這條公路可以使許多人得到工作。The factory~s 50 men/600 hands/two cooks. 那家工廠雇傭了50個人/600個人手/兩個廚師。be~ed as a driver/a secretary 被雇作司機/秘書;~sb to look after babies 雇某人照料小孩;He hasn't been~ed for over a year now. 他已經(jīng)有一年多沒有工作了。He's~ed on a project/at the post office/in a bank.他受聘干一項工程/在郵局工作/在銀行工作。〖同〗 hire,use,engage; 〖反〗 discharge,dismiss,fire; (2) (使)忙于,從事,專心于 (devote or apply (one's time or energies) to some activity) [T+n,T+n+prep(in/on),C+n+prep(as),C+n+to-inf] (fml):~one's leisure in fishing and golfing 在業(yè)余時間釣魚和打高爾夫球; be busily~ed (in) hewing out the timbers/writing out letters/watering the garden 忙著劈木材/寫信/澆花園;~oneself by reading after work/in growing roses after retirement 下班后專心讀書/退休后從事玫瑰種植; 〖同〗 engage,occupy,devote; (3) (使)用,用掉 (make use of; put to use) [T+n,T+n+prep(in),C+n+prep(as),C+n+to-inf] (fml):~a knife as a lever/in eating/to cut up food 用刀作杠桿/吃飯/切食物;~one's time better (wisely) in crocheting/sewing 更好(精明)地利用時間編織(毛衣)/做縫紉活; It is necessary to~a little tact. 圓通一些很有必要。A bulldozer was~ed for excavating the foundations of the building. 在蓋那座樓房時動用了推土機挖地基。~everything in one's power 盡一切方法; 〖同〗 use,utilize,engage,occupy,devote; 〖反〗 waste,misuse,misapply; n 雇用(condition of being employed; service) [U] (fml): I was in his~for three years. 我被他雇用了三年。I have more than 200 persons in my~. 我手下雇有200多個人。He was in the~of the government. 他在政府里供職。The agent was in the~of a foreign country. 那間諜受雇于某外國。Mr Martin is no longer in~. 馬丁先生已經(jīng)沒有工作了。Why did he leave your~? 他為什么要放棄在你這兒的工作? He has been out of~for more than a year. 他失業(yè)已經(jīng)一年多了?!纪?service,employment,hire; 〖反〗 discharge,dismissal,unemployment; → em′ployable adj 能使用的,適于雇用的;?employa′bility n 可使用性?emplo′yee n 雇員;em′ployer n 雇主; em′ployment n 雇用,就業(yè); 【辨異】 1) employ和hire都表示雇用并支付工資。employ表示在工作上有某種固定性及尊嚴(yán),如:The mill employs a thousand workers. (這家工廠雇有1000名工人。) hire 是個常用詞,有臨時雇用之意,如: We hired a driver to take us on a tour of the city. (我們雇了一個司機帶我們游覽這座城市。) 2) employed與busy和occupied的區(qū)別見BUSY。 |
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