employ verb ⇨employ (How many people does the company employ?)⇨use1 (employ tactics/force)⇨be employed⇨work2employ
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➡ See also the entry for appoint另見appoint條employ ♦︎ hire ♦︎ recruit ♦︎ sign ♦︎ contract ♦︎ engage ♦︎ retain ♦︎ take sb onThese words all mean to give sb a job to do for payment.這些詞均表示僱用、聘用。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to employ / hire / recruit / sign / engage / retain / take on sb as sth◆to employ / hire / recruit / sign / contract / engage / retain / take on sb to do sth◆to hire / recruit / sign sb from a place / company / group◆to employ / hire / recruit / contract / take on workers / staff◆to employ / hire / recruit a manager◆to employ / hire / engage / retain a lawyer◆to sign / contract a player◆to engage / retain sb's services■employ [transitive] to have sb working for you for payment; to give sb a job僱用;聘用◆How many people does the company employ?這家公司僱用了多少人?◆A number of people have been employed to deal with the backlog of work.已僱用了一些人來處理積壓下來的工作。 see also be employed ⇨ workverb2, employer ⇨ manager, employment ⇨ worknoun2■hire [transitive, intransitive] (especially NAmE) to give sb a job; to find new people to work for a company or organization僱用;聘用;(公司或機構)招工◆She was hired three years ago.她是三年前錄用的。◆He does the hiring and firing in our company.他在我們公司負責員工的聘用和辭退。◆We're not hiring right now.目前我們不招工。ⓘ In both British and American English hire also means 'to employ sb for a short time to do a particular job'.在英式和美式英語中,hire也有臨時僱用之義◆They hired a firm of consultants to design the new system.他們請了一家咨詢公司設計新系統。OPPfire ⇨ fireverb■recruit rɪˈkruːt [transitive, intransitive] (ratherformal) to find new people to join a company, an organization or the armed forces(公司或機構)招收(新成員);(部隊)征募(新兵);納新◆The police are trying to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities.警察機關正試圖從少數民族中征募更多的警員。◆They recruited several new members to the club.他們吸納了幾名俱樂部新會員。◆He is responsible for recruiting at all levels.他負責各級征募工作。 see also recruit ⇨ recruitnoun■sign [transitive, intransitive] to arrange for sb, especially a musician or sports player, to sign a contract agreeing to work for your company or team; to sign a contract agreeing to work for a company or team(和⋯)簽約;應聘◆The team has just signed a new goalkeeper.該隊剛剛和一名新守門員簽約了。◆ (BrE) He signed for United yesterday.他昨天和聯隊簽約了。◆ (especially NAmE) He signed with the San Francisco 49ers.他和舊金山49人隊簽了約。◆The band signed with Virgin Records.樂隊同維京唱片公司簽了約。■contract kənˈtrækt [transitive, usually passive] (ratherformal) to make a legal agreement with sb for them to work for you or provide you with a service, especially for a limited period of time與⋯訂立(有限期的)合同(或契約)◆The player is contracted to play until August.這名球員的簽約合同8月份到期。◆Several computer engineers have been contracted to the finance department.幾名計算機工程師與財務部門簽訂了合同。ⓘ In this meaning contract is usually followed by to. In American English it is sometimes followed by with.表達此義時,contract通常後接to,在美式英語中有時後接with◆He can't work for them because he is contracted with another company.他因與另一家公司已簽約,所以不能爲他們工作。 see also contract ⇨ contractnoun■engage ɪnˈgeɪdʒ [transitive] (formal, especially BrE) to employ sb to do a particular job僱用;聘用◆He is currently engaged as a consultant.他目前被聘作顧問。◆We will have to engage the services of a translator.我們得聘一名翻譯人員。■retain rɪˈteɪn [transitive] (law法律) to pay money regularly or in advance to a professional person such as a lawyer, so that they will do work for you when you need them to聘用,委托(律師等專業人士)◆You will need to retain the services of a lawyer.你將需要聘請一位律師。◆You will be paid a retaining fee.你將收到預付辯護費。ⓘ A lawyer, etc. can be retained by a member of the public as well as by a company; sb who is retained may do work for other people or companies as well. * retain a lawyer指由個人或公司聘用律師。被聘用者仍可接受其他人或其他公司的委托。■ˌtake sb ˈon
phrasal verb
(took, taken)to give sb a job僱用;聘用◆We're not taking on any new staff at present.目前我們不招收新員工。OPPlay sb off ⇨ fireverb