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单词 employ
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employ

Word family  noun employee employer employment ≠ unemployment unemployed employ employabilityemployment agencyadjective employed ≠ unemployed employable ≠ unemployable employedverb employ
Related topics: Employment
em·ploy1 /ɪmˈplɔɪ/ ●●● S3 W2 verb [transitiveT]  
1  BEJOB/WORKto pay someone to work for you 雇用
 The factory employs over 2,000 people.
这家工厂雇用了2,000多名员工。
employ somebody as something
 Kelly is employed as a mechanic.
凯利受雇当技工。
employ somebody to do something
 We have been employed to look at ways of reducing waste.
我们受雇研究减少浪费的方法。
 Register
In everyday English, people usually say give someone a job rather than employ someone, and have a job rather than be employed: 在日常英语中,人们一般说give someone a job不说employ someone ; 说have a job,不说be employed
They gave him a job delivering furniture.
他们给了他一份送家具的工作。
He has a job at the factory.
他在工厂工作。
2  USE somethingto use a particular object, method, skill etc in order to achieve something 使用,运用
employ a method/technique/tactic etc
 The report examines teaching methods employed in the classroom.
这个报告探讨了课堂教学方法。
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In everyday English, people usually say use a method rather than employ a method. 在日常英语中,人们一般说use a method,不说employ a method。
3  formalJOB/TASK to spend your time doing a particular thing 花时间做;忙于做
be employed in (doing) something
 Her days are employed in gardening and voluntary work.
她的时间都花在搞园艺和做义工上。
n Grammar
Employ is usually passive in this meaning.
Examples from the Corpus
employ2 noun  
in somebody’s employ old-fashionedBE working for someone 受雇于某人,为某人工作
 He had a number of servants in his employ.
他雇了几个仆人替他干活。
Examples from the Corpus
Examples from the Corpus
From Longman Business Dictionary
employem·ploy /ɪmˈplɔɪ/ verb [transitiveT]HUMAN RESOURCES
to pay someone to work for you
The company employs 2000 people worldwide.
employ somebody as something
He is employed as a baggage handler at the airport.
employ somebody to do something
We have employed consultants to look at ways of reducing waste.
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If you employ or hire someone, you give them a job and pay them for the work they do
She was hired as marketing director for a biotechnology firm.
If you appoint someone, you choose them for a job, especially an important job
Mr Schreiber has been appointed director of human resources.
If you recruit people, you find new people to work for a company or organization
It’s getting more and more difficult to recruit experienced staff.
If you headhunt someone, you find a manager with the right skills and experience to do a particular job, often by persuading a suitable person to leave their present job rather than inviting people to apply for the job
Rick was headhunted to become finance director of the company.
Origin employ1
(1400-1500) French emploier “to use”, from Latin implicare; → IMPLICATE
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