employ
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they employ | |
| he / she / it employs | |
| past simple employed | |
| past participle employed | |
| -ing form employing |
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to give somebody a job to do for payment 雇用 - employ somebody
How many people does the company employ? 这家公司雇用了多少人？ His company currently employs 135 workers in total. 他的公司目前总共雇佣了135名员工。 We employ 16 full-time staff. 我们雇用了16名全职员工。 - employ somebody as something
For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter. 三年来他一直受雇当消防员。 - employ somebody in something
Twenty eight per cent of the workforce is employed in agriculture. 28%的劳动力受雇于农业。 - employ somebody on something
From 1510 he was employed on projects for the emperor. 从1510年开始，他受雇于皇帝的工程。 - employ somebody to do something
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。
Collocationssee also self-employed, unemployedJobs 工作 Jobs 职业 Getting a job 找工作 - look for work
找工作 - look for/apply for/go for a job
找工作；申请一个职位；努力争取工作 - get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (British English) fill in an application (form)
得到／拿到／完成／填写申请（表） - send/email your (British English) CV/(North American English) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
寄／通过电邮发送简历／申请／申请表／附函 - be called for/have/attend an interview
被要求参加／有／参加面试 - offer somebody a job/work/employment/promotion
给某人提供一份工作；雇用某人；提拔某人 - find/get/land a job
找到工作 - employ/ (especially North American English) hire/recruit/ (especially British English) take on staff/workers/trainees
雇用员工／工人／实习生 - recruit/appoint a manager
招聘／任命经理
Doing a job 做工作 - arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
上／下班；到办公室／工厂上班；从办公室／工厂下班 - start/finish work/your shift
开始／结束工作／轮班工作时间 - do/put in/work overtime
加班 - have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
拥有／获得／缺乏／需要经验／资格 - do/get/have/receive training
做／得到／接受培训 - learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
学习／偶然学会／提高／发展技能 - cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
应付／勉力完成／分担／分摊工作量 - improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
达到更好的工作与生活的平衡 - have (no) job satisfaction/job security
有／没有工作满足感／职业保障
Building a career 建立职业生涯 - have a job/work/a career/a vocation
有工作／事业／职业 - find/follow/pursue/ (especially North American English) live (out) your vocation
找到／从事／致力于／实践适合自己的职业 - enter/go into/join a profession
加入一个行业 - choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
选择／从事／开始／致力于一种职业 - change jobs/profession/career
换工作／行业／职业 - be/ (both especially British English) work/go freelance
做自由职业 - do/take on temp work/freelance work
做／开始从事临时工作／特约工作 - do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
做／从事／参与义务性工作
Leaving your job 离职 - leave/ (especially North American English) quit/resign from your job
离职；辞职 - give up work/your job/your career
放弃工作／事业 - hand in your notice/resignation
递交辞呈 - plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
计划／预计六月／明年等退休 - take early retirement
提前退休
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessa2, Jobsa2By 1960 the arms industry directly employed 3.5 million people. 到 1960 年，军事工业直接雇用 350 万人。 Mark is currently employed as a Professor of Linguistics. 马克目前受聘担任语言学教授。 The army has far more junior officers than it can usefully employ. 军队中的初级军官太多，不能有效调度。 Those not gainfully employed are dependent on their savings. 那些没有工作报酬的人靠积蓄度日。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- directly
- indirectly
- …
- in
- be fully employed
- be gainfully employed
- be permanently employed
- …
- employ somebody
- (formal)
to use something such as a skill, method, etc. for a particular purpose 应用；运用；使用 - employ something
to employ a technique/strategy/tactic 运用技术/策略/战术 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。 The police had to employ force to enter the building. 警察不得不强行进入大楼。 - employ something for something
Steel is employed for the lightweight frame. 轻型车架采用钢。 - employ something as something
She employs fiction as a means to explore current social theories. 她用小说作为探索当前社会理论的手段。 - employ something to do something
This phrase is routinely employed to describe the president's style of government. 这个短语通常用来描述总统的政府风格。
Extra Examplesthe tactics employed by the police 警方采用的策略 teaching that actively employs computers in innovative and fruitful ways 创新而富有成效地积极运用计算机的教学 When properly employed, non-lethal weapons will save lives. 恰当地使用非致命性武器将减少死亡人数。 The safety net is an image commonly employed in everyday life. 安全网是日常生活中广为使用的一个形象比喻。 Some teachers employ more traditional methods. 有些老师采用更传统的方法。 Self-checkout terminals are increasingly employed by retailers. 自助结账终端为越来越多的零售商所用。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- commonly
- extensively
- frequently
- …
- employ something
Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as imploy): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari ‘be involved in or attached to’, passive form of implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. In the 16th and 17th cent. the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate.
Idioms
be employed (in) doing something
if a person or their time is employed in doing something, the person spends time doing that thing 从事，忙于（做某事） Extra ExamplesWill and Joe were busily employed in clearing out all the furniture. 威尔和乔正忙于处理掉所有的家具。 Your time would be better employed doing something else. 做些别的事，你的时间会花得更值。 You'd be far better employed taking care of your own affairs. 你把自己的事情管好比什么都强。