单词 | employ |
释义 | employ¹ 1.(in a job)雇用 The factory employs 600 people.这家工厂雇用了600人。 to be employed in sth受雇于… More than 3,000 local workers are employed in the tourism industry.3,000多名当地从业者就职于旅游业。 to be employed as sth被雇为… She is employed as headmistress at a Brisbane girls' school.她被聘为布里斯班一所女子学校的校长。 to be employed to do sth受雇做某事 Contractors are being employed to do a specific job.正在延聘承包商承揽一项具体工程。 See alsoself-employed¹ 2.<正式>(use)+ tactic, technique, method, strategy使用;采用;+ skills, talents利用;运用 the tax-avoidance strategies employed by big business大公司采用的避税策略 the approaches and methods employed in the study该研究采用的思路和方法 3.<正式>(occupy) to be employed in doing sth + person忙于做某事 Staff are currently employed in transferring patients' records to the new system.工作人员目前正忙于将病人的医疗记录转移到新系统。 to employ your time doing sthorto employ your time in doing sth花费时间做某事 I have employed my time since breakfast writing to Mother.我利用早餐以后的时间给母亲写信。 Your time could be usefully employed in attending to professional matters.你可以有效地利用时间处理一些专业问题。 employ²in sb's employorin the employ of sb<正式>受雇于某人 Others hinted that he was in the employ of the KGB.其他人暗示他受雇于克格勃。 Those in his employ were careful never to enrage him.他手底下干活的人都非常小心绝不去惹他发火。 |
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