employedadj.n.

Brit.

/ᵻmˈplɔɪd/,

/ɛmˈplɔɪd/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈplɔɪd/,

/ɛmˈplɔɪd/

Forms: see employ v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: employ v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < employ v. + -ed suffix¹.

A. adj.

1. That has been applied to some definite purpose; put to use; made use of. Cf. employ v. 1.

ΚΠ

1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye sig. y.i Moste gloryous is the employed trauayle, in teaching such one by whome, not one only, but many..mayest thou profite.

1582 R. Robinson tr. J. Leland Learned Assertion Life Prince Arthure xv. f. 31^v I omit to mention other Authours, and that with employed diligence, because I would not seeme to affectate the number of witnesses in a matter so manifestly knowne and credited.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. ii. vii. f. 56^v The two young Lords..comforting her so wel as they could, with promise of their best employed paines.

1777 J. Keir Treat. Permanently Elastic Fluids xvii. 98 Dr. Priestly has repeated the experiment; and found that there was a loss of about 1-11th part of the employed mercury.

1780 J. R. Forster tr. T. Bergman in tr. K. W. Scheele Chem. Observ. & Exper. on Air & Fire Pref. Introd. p. xxxvi If ice is to be melted, a quantity of the employed heat is lost..and forms a kind of saturation.

1840 Sat. Mag. 22 Feb. 70/2 At the commencement of the outside stroke, the knee of the employed leg should be a little bent.

1886 Trans. Amer. Ophthalmol. Soc. 22nd Ann. Meeting 256 All of the employed colors have been made of relative equal intensities in order that really nothing but the question of color-matching is presented to the candidate.

1910 V. Bjerknes et al. Dynamic Meteorol. & Hydrogr. i. i. 7 It will be necessary for us to have names for the employed units of pressure.

1957 Ecology 38 312/2 The philosophy of the employed treatment and examination was to keep the soil reasonably close to field conditions.

2003 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 18 Dec. (Health section) 9 The chances for an arthritis cure by currently employed methods are extremely slim.

2. Of a person: engaged in work or occupation; having employment; esp. that works for an employer under an employment contract. Cf. unemployed adj. and n. 2a, self-employed adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > in (regular) employment

employed1593

stationed1811

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 22 Such valorous workes of Supererogation, as woulde make an employed man of Florence, or Venice, to breake day with any other important businesse of state, or traffique.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 103 The Secretaries, and Employd Men of Ambassadours.

1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 55 You must do it as the imployed English please.

1799 Universalist's Misc. Aug. 233 Having received a letter from a friend at Birmingham, not an anonymous correspondent, nor an employed correspondent, but a friend.

1818 Canning in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 964 An employed informer, and consequently a spy.

1884 Leeds Mercury 31 May 12/3 Allow me to endorse the remarks contained in the letter of ‘An Employed Clerk’.

1940 C. Raushenbush in E. Stein & J. Davis Labor Probl. in Amer. v. xxxvi. 817 An employed man whose nonemployed wife bears a child is given 40 shillings.

1966 New Statesman 4 Mar. 299/2 The employed persons in the household were subsumed in the personality of their..masters.

2008 U. McGovern Lost Crafts (2009) 368 In the early days canal boats would have had an employed, working crew.

B. n.

With the and plural agreement. Employed people considered as a class. Cf. unemployed adj. and n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > in relation to employer or capitalist > collectively

employed1600

human capital1799

working force1826

labour1830

labour force1844

workforce1910

1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. sig. Ll8^v Not to bee able to manage matters of waight breeds pride in the imployed, and to the lookers on, derogates from your authoritie.

1752 J. Dinsdale tr. Isocrates Orations & Epist. xii. 275 Those offices which give trouble, but reflect honour on the employed.

1785 London Mag. Oct. 196/1 The peculiarities of the harvest are equally sources of care and solicitude, joy and pleasure, to the proprietors and the employed.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. x. 157 Irresponsibility of employers, slavery of the employed..that is the system they represent.

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxiv. 76 Attachment to the class of the employed, rather than of the employers.

1905 H. Cohen Law Strikes & Lock-outs 16 He was watching the employed coming from the picketed works.

1989 M. Jefferys Growing Old in Twentieth Cent. (BNC) 15 The retirement pension is not earned but an unreciprocated gift from the employed to the non-employed.

2005 V. Yukongdi in J. Benson & Y. Zhu Unemployment in Asia ix. 165 It is estimated that workers in the informal sector account for 50-60 per cent of the employed.

Derivatives

emˈployedness n. rare the condition of being employed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > busyness or want of leisure

negotiousness1642

unleisuredness1661

negotiosity1678

employednessa1691

pressure1812

a1691 R. Boyle Let. in Wks. (1772) VI. 39 Rhetoric and care of language..[are] things yet less consistent with chemistry and employedness, than with freedom, or with truth.

1994 Archit. Rec. (Nexis) Feb. 9 Tax incentives could accomplish only so much, and purposes such as education, essential to employedness, had to come through other channels.

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

单词	employed
释义	employedadj.n. Brit. /ᵻmˈplɔɪd/, /ɛmˈplɔɪd/, U.S. /ᵻmˈplɔɪd/, /ɛmˈplɔɪd/ Forms: see employ v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: employ v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < employ v. + -ed suffix¹. A. adj. 1. That has been applied to some definite purpose; put to use; made use of. Cf. employ v. 1. ΚΠ 1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye sig. y.i Moste gloryous is the employed trauayle, in teaching such one by whome, not one only, but many..mayest thou profite. 1582 R. Robinson tr. J. Leland Learned Assertion Life Prince Arthure xv. f. 31^v I omit to mention other Authours, and that with employed diligence, because I would not seeme to affectate the number of witnesses in a matter so manifestly knowne and credited. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. ii. vii. f. 56^v The two young Lords..comforting her so wel as they could, with promise of their best employed paines. 1777 J. Keir Treat. Permanently Elastic Fluids xvii. 98 Dr. Priestly has repeated the experiment; and found that there was a loss of about 1-11th part of the employed mercury. 1780 J. R. Forster tr. T. Bergman in tr. K. W. Scheele Chem. Observ. & Exper. on Air & Fire Pref. Introd. p. xxxvi If ice is to be melted, a quantity of the employed heat is lost..and forms a kind of saturation. 1840 Sat. Mag. 22 Feb. 70/2 At the commencement of the outside stroke, the knee of the employed leg should be a little bent. 1886 Trans. Amer. Ophthalmol. Soc. 22nd Ann. Meeting 256 All of the employed colors have been made of relative equal intensities in order that really nothing but the question of color-matching is presented to the candidate. 1910 V. Bjerknes et al. Dynamic Meteorol. & Hydrogr. i. i. 7 It will be necessary for us to have names for the employed units of pressure. 1957 Ecology 38 312/2 The philosophy of the employed treatment and examination was to keep the soil reasonably close to field conditions. 2003 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 18 Dec. (Health section) 9 The chances for an arthritis cure by currently employed methods are extremely slim. 2. Of a person: engaged in work or occupation; having employment; esp. that works for an employer under an employment contract. Cf. unemployed adj. and n. 2a, self-employed adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > in (regular) employment employed1593 stationed1811 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 22 Such valorous workes of Supererogation, as woulde make an employed man of Florence, or Venice, to breake day with any other important businesse of state, or traffique. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 103 The Secretaries, and Employd Men of Ambassadours. 1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 55 You must do it as the imployed English please. 1799 Universalist's Misc. Aug. 233 Having received a letter from a friend at Birmingham, not an anonymous correspondent, nor an employed correspondent, but a friend. 1818 Canning in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 964 An employed informer, and consequently a spy. 1884 Leeds Mercury 31 May 12/3 Allow me to endorse the remarks contained in the letter of ‘An Employed Clerk’. 1940 C. Raushenbush in E. Stein & J. Davis Labor Probl. in Amer. v. xxxvi. 817 An employed man whose nonemployed wife bears a child is given 40 shillings. 1966 New Statesman 4 Mar. 299/2 The employed persons in the household were subsumed in the personality of their..masters. 2008 U. McGovern Lost Crafts (2009) 368 In the early days canal boats would have had an employed, working crew. B. n. With the and plural agreement. Employed people considered as a class. Cf. unemployed adj. and n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > in relation to employer or capitalist > collectively employed1600 human capital1799 working force1826 labour1830 labour force1844 workforce1910 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. sig. Ll8^v Not to bee able to manage matters of waight breeds pride in the imployed, and to the lookers on, derogates from your authoritie. 1752 J. Dinsdale tr. Isocrates Orations & Epist. xii. 275 Those offices which give trouble, but reflect honour on the employed. 1785 London Mag. Oct. 196/1 The peculiarities of the harvest are equally sources of care and solicitude, joy and pleasure, to the proprietors and the employed. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. x. 157 Irresponsibility of employers, slavery of the employed..that is the system they represent. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxiv. 76 Attachment to the class of the employed, rather than of the employers. 1905 H. Cohen Law Strikes & Lock-outs 16 He was watching the employed coming from the picketed works. 1989 M. Jefferys Growing Old in Twentieth Cent. (BNC) 15 The retirement pension is not earned but an unreciprocated gift from the employed to the non-employed. 2005 V. Yukongdi in J. Benson & Y. Zhu Unemployment in Asia ix. 165 It is estimated that workers in the informal sector account for 50-60 per cent of the employed. Derivatives emˈployedness n. rare the condition of being employed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > busyness or want of leisure negotiousness1642 unleisuredness1661 negotiosity1678 employednessa1691 pressure1812 a1691 R. Boyle Let. in Wks. (1772) VI. 39 Rhetoric and care of language..[are] things yet less consistent with chemistry and employedness, than with freedom, or with truth. 1994 Archit. Rec. (Nexis) Feb. 9 Tax incentives could accomplish only so much, and purposes such as education, essential to employedness, had to come through other channels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1563
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