employ
英
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
美
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
vt.
雇用;应用;运用;使用
n.
雇用，受雇;服务;工作，职业
第三人称单数： employs现在分词： employing过去式： employed过去分词： employed
记忆技巧：em 使… + ploy 用 → 使用 → 雇用
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牛津词典
verb
1
~ sb (as sth)
雇用
to give sb a job to do for payment
[VN] How many people does the company employ?
这个公司雇用了多少人？
For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter.
三年来他一直受雇当消防员。
[VN to inf] 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。
see also self-employed, unemployed
2
[VN] (formal) 应用；运用；使用
to use sth such as a skill, method, etc. for a particular purpose
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。
习语
be employed in doing sth
从事于，忙于（做某事）
if a person or their time is employed in doing sth , the person spends time doing that thing
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。
noun
[U]
习语
in sb's employ
in the employ of sb
(formal) 替某人工作；为某人所雇用
working for sb; employed by sb
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柯林斯词典
employ
频次
1
VERB 雇用
If a person or company employs you, they pay you to work for them.
The company employs 18 staff...
公司雇用了18名员工。
2
VERB 使用;采用
If you employ certain methods, materials, or expressions, you use them.
The tactics the police are now to employ are definitely uncompromising.
警方目前即将采取的策略明显很强硬。
3
VERB 利用，花费（时间）
If your time is employed in doing something, you are using the time you have to do that thing.
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。
4
PHRASE 受雇于
If you are in the employ of someone or something, you work for them.
Others hinted that he was in the employ of the KGB...
其他人暗示他受雇于克格勃。
英英释义
noun
1
the state of being employed or having a job
they are looking for employment
he was in the employ of the city
Synonym:
employment
verb
1
put into service
use your head!
we only use Spanish at home
I can't use this tool
Apply a magnetic field here
This thinking was applied to many projects
How do you utilize this tool?
I apply this rule to get good results
use the plastic bags to store the food
He doesn't know how to use a computer
Synonym:
useutilizeutiliseapply
2
engage or hire for work
They hired two new secretaries in the department
How many people has she employed?
Synonym:
hireengage
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双语例句
全部 雇用 应用 运用 使用 受雇 服务 工作 职业
1
How many people does the company employ?
这个公司雇用了多少人？
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No one wants to employ somebody who bad-mouths their former employer.
没有人愿意雇用说前雇主坏话的人。
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With this end in view they employed 50 new staff.
为了达到这个目标他们雇用了50名新职员。
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It would be preferable to employ two people, not one.
雇请两个人比雇请一个更好。
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We employ an expert to advise on new technology.
我们聘用了一位专家担任新技术顾问。
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The police had to employ force to enter the building.
警察不得不强行进入大楼。
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You should think twice about employing someone you've never met.
雇用素不相识的人应三思而行。
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The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade.
过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。
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For months there was a veto on employing new staff.
有好几个月禁止雇用新职员。
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The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.
这个公司顶多雇用了几十个人。
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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。
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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。
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For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter.
三年来他一直受雇当消防员。
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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。
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We were discussing the necessity of employing more staff.
我们在讨论是否需要雇用更多员工。
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We employ a gardener two days a week.
我们雇了个花匠，每周工作两天。
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He has employed one of the UK's top lawyers to defend him.
他请了英国一位顶尖律师为他辩护。
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She was employed as a cook in a hotel.
她受雇在一家饭店做厨师。
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More females than males are employed in the factory.
这家工厂雇用的女性比男性多。
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More than 3,000 local workers are employed in the tourism industry
3,000余名当地人受雇于旅游业。
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Many graduates are employed in the electronics and computing industries.
很多毕业生就职于电子和计算机行业。
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The three sites employ 12,500 people between them
这三处共雇用了12,500名员工。
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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。
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The farm employed a tractor driver and two general labourers.
农场雇用了一名拖拉机手和两名杂工。
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The government counted 27,600,000 employed persons in West Germany.
据政府统计，西德当时的就业人数为2,760万人。
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Many Bangladeshis were employed in the construction or fishing industries.
许多孟加拉国人都从事建筑业或渔业。
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He was employed by them for eighteen years.
他为他们工作了18年。
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The first companies to go in took a policy of employing East Germans and training them up
首批进驻的公司采取了雇佣东德人并对他们进行全面培训的方针。
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Thorn's electronics operation employs around 5,000 people
索恩的电子公司雇用了约5,000名员工。
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The Government employs tax inspectors to check up and make sure people pay all their tax.
政府雇用税务稽查员做检查工作，以确保人们足额纳税。
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词语用例
习语
v.
be employed in doing sth
从事于，忙于（做某事）
if a person or their time is employed in doing sth , the person spends time doing that thing
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。
n.
in sb's employ
in the employ of sb
(formal) 替某人工作；为某人所雇用
working for sb; employed by sb
同反义词
同义词
v.
hire
同义词辨析
hire employ 【导航词义：雇用】
hire v. 雇用， [美]聘用
〔辨析〕
指短期雇用某人，在美国英语中则不强调期限。
〔例证〕
She was planning to hire a detective.
她打算雇一个侦探。
That company has never hired any foreign workers.
那家公司从未雇用过任何外国工人。
employ v. 雇用，聘任
〔辨析〕
较正式用词，一般指正规机构、大公司等聘用职员。
〔例证〕
The company employed about 10 men.
这家公司雇用了大约10个人。
She is employed as a manager.
她被聘为经理。
词根词缀
词根
ploy, ploit= to use 用
deployv. 调度；部署（部队）
de 使… + ploy 用 → 使用〔部队〕→ 调度；部署〔部队〕
employv. 雇用；运用
em 使… + ploy 用 → 使用 → 雇用
exploitv. 剥削；开发利用
ex 出 + ploit 用 → 利用出来 → 开发利用
ployn. （取胜的）策略
redeployv. 重新部署
re 重新 + deploy 调度；部署（部队）→ 重新部署
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