hire
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they hire | |
| he / she / it hires | |
| past simple hired | |
| past participle hired | |
| -ing form hiring |
- [transitive, intransitive] hire (somebody)
to give somebody a job 聘用；录用；雇用 She was hired three years ago. 她是三年前录用的。 The government is encouraging employers to hire disabled people. 政府鼓励雇主雇用残疾人。 He does the hiring and firing in our company. 他在我们公司负责员工的聘用和辞退。 We’re not hiring right now. 目前我们不招聘员工。
CollocationsJobs 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 Working lifeb1The entire workforce was laid off and a fresh one promptly hired. 辞退了全体员工，马上又雇用了一批新人。 Who is responsible for hiring and firing around here? 谁负责这里员工的聘用和辞退啊？ We only want to hire permanent staff. 我们只想雇佣固定员工。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- by the day
- can/can’t afford to
- hire and fire
- [transitive] hire somebody/something
to employ somebody for a short time to do a particular job 临时雇用 to hire a lawyer/detective 雇佣律师/侦探 They hired a firm of consultants to design the new system. 他们请了一家咨询公司来设计新的系统。 Workers were hired by the day. 工人们是按天雇用的。 - hire somebody as something
She was hired by the campaign as a foreign-policy adviser. 她被竞选团队聘为外交政策顾问。 - hire yourself somebody
You will need to hire yourself an accountant and a lawyer. 你需要给自己雇一名会计师和一名律师。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb1His killer was a 16-year-old hired assassin. 凶手是一名16岁的雇佣杀手。 The television studio couldn't afford to hire a top-notch cast. 电视台演播室雇不起一流的演播阵容。 When I bought my first house I hired an interior decorator. 当我买第一栋房子时，我请了一个室内装潢师。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- by the day
- can/can’t afford to
- hire and fire
- [transitive] (especially British English)
to pay money to borrow something for a short time 租用；租借 - hire something
to hire a room/studio 租用房间/工作室 - hire something from somebody
We hired a car from a local firm. 我们从当地一家公司租了一辆车。
Homophones higher | hirehigher hire- higher (high)
Asparagus grows faster at higher temperatures. 芦笋在更高的温度下生长得更快。
- hire verb
Can we hire a car here? 我们能在这里租车吗？
- hire noun
Look! There are rowing boats for hire on the lake! 快看！湖上有出租的划艇！
British/American rent / hire / letrent / hire / letverbs- You can hire something for a short period of time, (British English only) but rent something for a longer period:
短期租用可用 hire（仅用于英式英语），较长时间的租用则用 rent： We can hire bikes for a day to explore the town. 我们可租用自行车一天来游览这城镇。 We don’t own our TV, we rent it. 我们没有自己的电视机，这是租的。
- In North American English, rent is always used. It is sometimes now used in British English instead of hire, too.
- The owners of a thing can hire it out for a short period:
- (British English)
Do you hire out bikes? 你们出租自行车吗？
出租房屋等可用 rent (out)/let (out)： We rent out rooms in our house to students. 我们把住宅里的房间出租给学生。
- (British English)
- Outside a building you could see:
- (British English)
在建筑物外可看到： To let 招租 - (especially North American English)
For rent. 招租
- (British English)
- To hire can also mean to employ somebody, especially in North American English:
We hired a new secretary. 我们雇了一名新秘书。
Nouns 名词 - The amount of money that you pay to rent something is rent or rental (more formal). When you hire something you pay a hire charge (British English). On a sign outside a shop you might see:
- (British English)
Bikes for hire. 出租自行车
- (British English)
Extra ExamplesBicycles can be hired from several local shops. 自行车在好几家当地店铺都可以租到。 Ski equipment can be hired locally. 滑雪器材可以在当地租用。 What's the cost of hiring by the day? 按日租的话多少钱？ It may be possible to borrow rather than hire the tools. 可能是借工具而不是租工具。 There's a place where you can hire bikes for the day. 有个地方可以租自行车用一天。 They hired a room above a pub for the wedding reception. 他们在酒馆楼上租了一个房间办婚宴。 We hired a car and drove down the coast to Pesaro. 我们租了一辆车，沿着海岸驶向佩萨罗。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- by the day, week, etc.
- locally
- from
- hire something
Word OriginOld English hȳrian ‘employ someone for wages’, hȳr ‘payment under contract for the use of something’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch huren (verb), huur (noun).