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单词 employ
释义
employ
verb
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/

employverb(PROVIDE JOB)

B1[T]
to have someoneworkor do ajobfor you andpaythem for it:
雇用
How manypeopledoesyourcompanyemploy?你们公司雇有多少员工？
Can't we employ someoneasanassistanttohelpwith all thispaperwork?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 amarketresearchertofindout whatpeoplereallywantfrom acableTVsystem.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。
Morepeopleare now employed inserviceindustriesthan inmanufacturing.现在服务业的就业人数要多于制造业。
More examples
  • We need to employ moresupervisorystaff.
  • Thefirmemploys severalfreelanceeditors.
  • Thenumberofpeopleemployed by thecompanyhasrisenfrom 25 to 200 in threeyears.
  • They've employed her for a six-monthtrialperiod.
  • Theproblemwith employingpeoplewho areoverqualifiedfor thejobis that they often don'tstayin it forlong.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Applying for a job
  • acquihire
  • advertisement
  • anoint
  • anointed
  • applicant
  • assign
  • elect
  • go intosomething
  • golden hello
  • goonda
  • handpicked
  • headhunt
  • nomination
  • prospect
  • resume
  • retain
  • rope
  • self-constituted
  • serving
  • testimonial
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employverb(USE)

C1[T]formal
to use something:
使用；利用
Sophisticatedstatisticalanalysiswas employed toobtaintheseresults.利用尖端的统计分析技术得到了这些结果。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Using and misusing
  • adopt
  • adoption
  • avail
  • availyourselfofsomething
  • be/go heavy onsomethingidiom
  • exhaust
  • gobblesomethingup
  • make capital out ofsomethingidiom
  • max
  • max out
  • mine a rich seam ofsomethingidiom
  • spare
  • spent
  • swallow
  • tap
  • turn over
  • turn tosomeone/something
  • turn/usesomethingto good accountidiom
  • unblock
  • underuse
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employverb(SPEND TIME)

be employed in doingsomethingformal
tospendtimedoing something:
花时间做；从事
He wasbusilyemployed inlacingup hisshoes.他忙着系鞋带。
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employ
noun
formal
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
be insomeone'semploy
to beworkingfor someone:
受雇于…；为…工作
Hequestionedtheimmigrationstatusof anannywho had been in my employ.
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(Definition ofemployfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
employ
verb
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/

employverb(PROVIDE JOB)

B1[T]
to have someoneworkor do ajobfor you andpaythem for it
雇用
How manypeopledoesyourcompanyemploy?你们公司雇有多少员工？
Can't we employ someoneasanassistanttohelpwith all thispaperwork?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 amarketresearchertofindout whatpeoplereallywantfrom acableTVsystem.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。
Morepeopleare now employed inserviceindustriesthan inmanufacturing.现在服务业的就业人数要多于制造业。
More examples
  • We need to employ moresupervisorystaff.
  • Thefirmemploys severalfreelanceeditors.
  • Thenumberofpeopleemployed by thecompanyhasrisenfrom 25 to 200 in threeyears.
  • They've employed her for a six-monthtrialperiod.
  • Theproblemwith employingpeoplewho areoverqualifiedfor thejobis that they often don'tstayin it forlong.

employverb(USE)

C1[T]formal
to use something
使用；利用
Sophisticatedstatisticalanalysiswas employed toobtaintheseresults.利用尖端的统计分析技术得到了这些结果。

employverb(SPEND TIME)

be employed in doingsthformal
tospendtimedoing something
花时间做；从事
He wasbusilyemployed inlacingup hisshoes.他忙着系鞋带。
employ
noun
formal
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
be insb'semploy
to beworkingfor someone
受雇于…；为…工作

employ| American Dictionary

employ
verb[T]
us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/

employverb[T](PROVIDE WORK)

topaysomeone toworkor do ajobfor you:
Thefactoryemploys 87workers.

employverb[T](USE)

to use something for aparticularpurpose:
Jacobs employs this phraserepeatedly.
(Definition ofemployfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

employ| Business English

employ
verb
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/us
HR
to have someoneworkor do ajobfor you andpaythem for it:
Thecallcentreemploys over 100people.
employ sb as sthMr Reid is employed as alobbyistby thefirm.
employ sb to do sthThefundemploys aninvestmentmanagertomanageitsassets.
be employed in sthMore than 100staffcurrentlyemployed insalesandmarketingwilllosetheirjobs.
to use something:
employ sth to do sthThecompanyalso employsdirectmarketingandmailtoreachpotentialcustomers.
Builders today employ morerecycledmaterialsthan they used to.
be employed in doing sthformal
tospendtimedoing something:
We have been employed inupdatingthecataloguefor most of themorning.
employ
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/us
be in sb's employformal(alsobe in the employ of sb)
to beworkingfor someone:
She has been in the company's employ for twelveyears.
(Definition ofemployfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofemploy

employ
The bivariate twin method can in principle be employed to explore all these alternatives.
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In the present study, we employed two traditional scales of hypochondriasis.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In relation to the first axis, a strong tendency has been for music to be employed more frequently the 'lighter' the topic and/or treatment.
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However, the majority of the events employed in the present study would be considered by many to be severe.
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However, these methods are either rarely employed when they should be in psychiatry, or are likely to be of limited use.
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Approximately 80 % were married, and most (71.7 %) had been continuously employed during the period 1986 -1991.
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To examine whether there were clinical and functional differences between patients based on their cognitive status, several approaches were employed.
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The term "force-closure" is still employed in the paper because it has been popularly used in the robotics community.
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Section 2 fixes some notations that will be employed later.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Tags such as isn't it are also used, and the two methods are sometimes employed simultaneously.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, ke9ilu is by far the most common discourse marker employed for this purpose (48 tokens).
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Such metapragmatic discourse construes differences of speech habit as emblematic of differences in identity, employing language to motivate differences in social identity.
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A variety of techniques have been employed to describe this extra structure.
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Services employed only 31 percent of the labor force in 1976.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To see how metaphor is discursively employed in these texts, consider (3).
From theCambridge English Corpus
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