| 单词 |
hire |
| 释义 |
hire /ˈhaɪə(r)/ vt. | vi. | n. | phr.
I ❶ vt.
1. 租入，租用；暂时租借(房屋等)；雇用；〈古〉借(钱)
hire a boat (a horse) 租一条小船(一匹马)
hire a hall for an evening 租礼堂用一个晚上
They have hired a team of labourers to dig the road. 他们雇了一队民工来掘路。
hire and fire workers according to the level of business 根据营业情况雇用或辞退工人
2. 租出；使受雇，出雇(out)
hire out bicycles by the hour 按钟点出租自行车
He hired himself to work in the fields. 他受雇在田间干活。
He hired himself out to the owner of an apple orchard. 他受雇于一位苹果园主。
They hired themselves out as assassins. 他们受雇当刺客。
3. 出钱雇人做
He could possibly have hired it done. 他可能是出钱叫人干这件事的。
❷ vi.
接受雇用(out， on)
He asked me if I would hire with him to tend shop. 他问我是否愿意受他雇用当店伙计。
He hired out (或 on) as a farmhand. 他当了农场雇工。
II n.
1. 租用；雇用；受雇
pay for the hire of a hall 付会堂租金
be in the hire of sb. 受雇于某人
2. 租金；工钱；报偿
pay the carriage hire to the driver 把租车费付给马车夫
3. 〈美〉新雇员，新员工
[<OE hyr wages] phr. for (或 on) hire 供出租；供雇用 You can get boats on hire here. 你在这里可以租到小船。This car is for hire. 这辆汽车是供租用的。work for hire 当雇工 |
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