employ

verb

OPAL W

/ɪmˈplɔɪ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they employ	/ɪmˈplɔɪ/ /ɪmˈplɔɪ/
he / she / it employs	/ɪmˈplɔɪz/ /ɪmˈplɔɪz/
past simple employed	/ɪmˈplɔɪd/ /ɪmˈplɔɪd/
past participle employed	/ɪmˈplɔɪd/ /ɪmˈplɔɪd/
-ing form employing	/ɪmˈplɔɪɪŋ/ /ɪmˈplɔɪɪŋ/

Idioms

to give somebody a job to do for payment雇用
- employ somebody How many people does the company employ?这家公司雇用了多少人？
- His company currently employs 135 workers in total.他的公司目前总共雇佣了135名员工。
- We employ 16 full-time staff.我们雇用了16名全职员工。
- employ somebody as something For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter.三年来他一直受雇当消防员。
- employ somebody in something Twenty eight per cent of the workforce is employed in agriculture.28%的劳动力受雇于农业。
- employ somebody on something From 1510 he was employed on projects for the emperor.从1510年开始，他受雇于皇帝的工程。
- employ somebody to do something A number of people have been employed to deal with the backlog of work.已雇来一些人处理积压的工作。
Wordfinder
- agent
- business
- company
- competitor
- customer
- director
- employ
- franchise
- manager
- shareholder
Collocations Jobs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
see also self-employed, unemployed
Wordfinder
- apply
- appoint
- contract
- dismiss
- employ
- job
- pay
- retire
- work
- workforce
- By 1960 the arms industry directly employed 3.5 million people.到 1960 年，军事工业直接雇用 350 万人。
- Mark is currently employed as a Professor of Linguistics.马克目前受聘担任语言学教授。
- The army has far more junior officers than it can usefully employ.军队中的初级军官太多，不能有效调度。
- Those not gainfully employed are dependent on their savings.那些没有工作报酬的人靠积蓄度日。
Topics Businessa2, Jobsa2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- actively
- directly
- indirectly
- …
preposition
- in
phrases
- be fully employed
- be gainfully employed
- be permanently employed
- …
(formal) to use something such as a skill, method, etc. for a particular purpose应用；运用；使用
- employ something to employ a technique/strategy/tactic运用技术/策略/战术
- He criticized the repressive methods employed by the country's government.他指责了这个国家政府采取的镇压手段。
- The police had to employ force to enter the building.警察不得不强行进入大楼。
- employ something for something Steel is employed for the lightweight frame.轻型车架采用钢。
- employ something as something She employs fiction as a means to explore current social theories.她用小说作为探索当前社会理论的手段。
- employ something to do something This phrase is routinely employed to describe the president's style of government.这个短语通常用来描述总统的政府风格。
- the tactics employed by the police警方采用的策略
- teaching that actively employs computers in innovative and fruitful ways创新而富有成效地积极运用计算机的教学
- When properly employed, non-lethal weapons will save lives.恰当地使用非致命性武器将减少死亡人数。
- The safety net is an image commonly employed in everyday life.安全网是日常生活中广为使用的一个形象比喻。
- Some teachers employ more traditional methods.有些老师采用更传统的方法。
- Self-checkout terminals are increasingly employed by retailers.自助结账终端为越来越多的零售商所用。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- commonly
- extensively
- frequently
- …

词源late Middle English (formerly also as imploy): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari ‘be involved in or attached to’, passive form of implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. In the 16th and 17th cent. the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate.

Idioms

be employed (in) doing something

if a person or their time is employed in doing something, the person spends time doing that thing从事，忙于（做某事）
- She was employed in making a list of all the jobs to be done.她忙着把要做的所有工作列一个清单。
- Will and Joe were busily employed in clearing out all the furniture.威尔和乔正忙于处理掉所有的家具。
- Your time would be better employed doing something else.做些别的事，你的时间会花得更值。
- You'd be far better employed taking care of your own affairs.你把自己的事情管好比什么都强。