employableadj.n.

Brit.

/ᵻmˈplɔɪəbl/,

/ɛmˈplɔɪəbl/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈplɔɪəb(ə)l/,

/ɛmˈplɔɪəb(ə)l/

Forms: see employ v. and -able suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: employ v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < employ v. + -able suffix. Compare Middle French, French employable that may be used for a purpose (end of the 16th cent.).

A. adj.

1. That may be used for a purpose; usable, applicable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > usable

usablea1382

workable1545

employable1588

prevailable1624

enjoyable1645

touchable1822

utilizable1881

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies ii. 129 Other necessaries, as well defensiuely, as offensiuely imployable against whatsoeuer forren force.

1661 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist 287 The objections made..seem employable against this hypothesis.

?1787 Artist's Repository & Drawing Mag. 3 53 The means employable to attain these effects are sympathy and antipathy among the colours.

1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 69 Evidence alternately employable.

1840 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. I. 389 Means employable for important social ends.

1873 Telegr. Jrnl. & Electr. Rev. 1 June 155/1 Before any employable electricity can issue from the further end, the corresponding charge must be completed.

1908 Financial Times 3 Jan. 5/2 When money is less employable in trade, it may be difficult to find..better securities to yield even 4 per cent.

1986 R. J. Faber Clockwork Garden x. 213 The feature of macroscopic objects that makes them employable as measuring instruments.

1991 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 29 Mar. When missiles become accurate..they suddenly become employable against military targets.

2. Of a person, group of people, etc.: capable of being employed; (now) esp. possessing skills, characteristics, or qualifications which are attractive to an employer.

ΚΠ

1916 Q. Jrnl Econ. 30 435 Forbidding absolutely any employment at less than the ‘living’ wage and thus automatically shutting out those not employable at that rate.

1971 F. F. Piven & R. A. Cloward Regulating the Poor (1972) ii. 134 A..rule..that permitted welfare officials to deny assistance to mothers..who were deemed to be employable if ‘suitable’ employment were deemed to be ‘available’.

1991 Dance Res. 9 14 Mr Dennison wanted his son qualified to perform and teach the other kinds of specialty dances that would make him employable in the theatre.

2002 Independent 25 May 1/5 Children..are going to need the skills that make them employable in a world where recruitment is increasingly global.

B. n.

With the and plural agreement: employable people as a class. Also as a count noun: an employable person.

ΚΠ

1865 J. Legge tr. Chinese Classics III. ii. 383 He employed the employable, and revered the reverend.

1896 Manch. Guardian 4 Feb. 5/6 One of their best hopes of transmuting the unemployable into the employable was by dealing with them with the firm hand of kindness.

1905 Daily Mail 13 Dec. 5/4 As for the various plans of shipping out the employables and hiving them in reformatory colonies, no observer of social conditions..can possibly approve of them.

1993 This Mag. Aug. 22 He was one of 8,000 New Brunswickers—single employables and people in two-adult families with no children—who had to pick up his welfare cheque in person.

2005 L. M. Mead in Welfare Reform & Polit. Theory viii. 187 Entitlement, at least for the employable, never was a principle of the welfare state but rather a mistaken practice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	employable
释义	employableadj.n. Brit. /ᵻmˈplɔɪəbl/, /ɛmˈplɔɪəbl/, U.S. /ᵻmˈplɔɪəb(ə)l/, /ɛmˈplɔɪəb(ə)l/ Forms: see employ v. and -able suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: employ v., -able suffix. Etymology: < employ v. + -able suffix. Compare Middle French, French employable that may be used for a purpose (end of the 16th cent.). A. adj. 1. That may be used for a purpose; usable, applicable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > usable usablea1382 workable1545 employable1588 prevailable1624 enjoyable1645 touchable1822 utilizable1881 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies ii. 129 Other necessaries, as well defensiuely, as offensiuely imployable against whatsoeuer forren force. 1661 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist 287 The objections made..seem employable against this hypothesis. ?1787 Artist's Repository & Drawing Mag. 3 53 The means employable to attain these effects are sympathy and antipathy among the colours. 1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 69 Evidence alternately employable. 1840 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. I. 389 Means employable for important social ends. 1873 Telegr. Jrnl. & Electr. Rev. 1 June 155/1 Before any employable electricity can issue from the further end, the corresponding charge must be completed. 1908 Financial Times 3 Jan. 5/2 When money is less employable in trade, it may be difficult to find..better securities to yield even 4 per cent. 1986 R. J. Faber Clockwork Garden x. 213 The feature of macroscopic objects that makes them employable as measuring instruments. 1991 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 29 Mar. When missiles become accurate..they suddenly become employable against military targets. 2. Of a person, group of people, etc.: capable of being employed; (now) esp. possessing skills, characteristics, or qualifications which are attractive to an employer. ΚΠ 1916 Q. Jrnl Econ. 30 435 Forbidding absolutely any employment at less than the ‘living’ wage and thus automatically shutting out those not employable at that rate. 1971 F. F. Piven & R. A. Cloward Regulating the Poor (1972) ii. 134 A..rule..that permitted welfare officials to deny assistance to mothers..who were deemed to be employable if ‘suitable’ employment were deemed to be ‘available’. 1991 Dance Res. 9 14 Mr Dennison wanted his son qualified to perform and teach the other kinds of specialty dances that would make him employable in the theatre. 2002 Independent 25 May 1/5 Children..are going to need the skills that make them employable in a world where recruitment is increasingly global. B. n. With the and plural agreement: employable people as a class. Also as a count noun: an employable person. ΚΠ 1865 J. Legge tr. Chinese Classics III. ii. 383 He employed the employable, and revered the reverend. 1896 Manch. Guardian 4 Feb. 5/6 One of their best hopes of transmuting the unemployable into the employable was by dealing with them with the firm hand of kindness. 1905 Daily Mail 13 Dec. 5/4 As for the various plans of shipping out the employables and hiving them in reformatory colonies, no observer of social conditions..can possibly approve of them. 1993 This Mag. Aug. 22 He was one of 8,000 New Brunswickers—single employables and people in two-adult families with no children—who had to pick up his welfare cheque in person. 2005 L. M. Mead in Welfare Reform & Polit. Theory viii. 187 Entitlement, at least for the employable, never was a principle of the welfare state but rather a mistaken practice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1588
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