hire
verb/ˈhaɪə(r)/
/ˈhaɪər/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they hire | /ˈhaɪə(r)/ /ˈhaɪər/ |
| he / she / it hires | /ˈhaɪəz/ /ˈhaɪərz/ |
| past simple hired | /ˈhaɪəd/ /ˈhaɪərd/ |
| past participle hired | /ˈhaɪəd/ /ˈhaɪərd/ |
| -ing form hiring | /ˈhaɪərɪŋ/ /ˈhaɪərɪŋ/ |
- [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 firm has a proud record of hiring disabled people.
该公司在雇用残疾人方面有着令人自豪的记录。 - 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。
Collocations JobsJobsGetting a job- look for work
- look for/apply for/go for a job
- get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (British English) fill in an application (form)
- send/email your (British English) CV/(North American English) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
- be called for/have/attend an interview
- offer somebody a job/work/employment/promotion
- find/get/land a job
- employ/ (especially North American English) hire/recruit/ (especially British English) take on staff/workers/trainees
- recruit/appoint a manager
- arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
- start/finish work/your shift
- do/put in/work overtime
- have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
- do/get/have/receive training
- learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
- cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
- improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
- have (no) job satisfaction/job security
- have a job/work/a career/a vocation
- find/follow/pursue/ (especially North American English) live (out) your vocation
- enter/go into/join a profession
- choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
- change jobs/profession/career
- be/ (both especially British English) work/go freelance
- do/take on temp work/freelance work
- do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
- leave/ (especially North American English) quit/resign from your job
- give up work/your job/your career
- hand in your notice/resignation
- plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
- take early retirement
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb1- The 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.
我们只想雇用长期员工。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- by the day
- can/can’t afford to
- hire and fire
- She was hired three years ago.
- [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
聘请律师；雇用侦探 - 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.
您需要聘请一名会计师和一名律师。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb1- His 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，我聘请了一名室内设计师。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- by the day
- can/can’t afford to
- hire and fire
- to hire a lawyer/detective
- [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
租房间；租工作室 - hire something from somebody We hired a car from a local firm.
我们从当地商家租了一辆车。
Homophones higher | hirehigher hire/ˈhaɪə(r)//ˈhaɪər/- higher (high)
- Asparagus grows faster at higher temperatures.
芦笋在较高的温度下生长得更快。
- Asparagus grows faster at higher temperatures.
- hire verb
- Can we hire a car here?
我们可以在这里租车吗？
- Can we hire a car here?
- hire noun
- Look! There are rowing boats for hire on the lake!
看！湖上还有划艇可以租！
- Look! There are rowing boats for hire on the lake!
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:
- 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。
- We can hire bikes for a day to explore the town.
- 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？
- 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) Do you hire out bikes?
- Outside a building you could see:
- (British English) To let
现房待租 - (especially North American English) For rent.
招租
- (British English) To let
- 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。
- We hired a new secretary.
- 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) Bikes for hire.
Extra Examples- Bicycles 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.
可以借用而不是租用这些工具。 - 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，沿着海岸开往佩萨罗。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- by the day, week, etc.
- locally
- from
- hire something to hire a room/studio
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).