| 单词 | in employ |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (also into, out of) employ b. The state or condition of being employed to perform a task, job, etc.; esp. the state of working for an employer in return for wages. Chiefly in in (also into, out of) employ. Cf. employment n. 4b. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [adverb] in worka1382 at work?1440 in (also into, out of) employ1659 to work1776 society > occupation and work > working > [noun] > being employed employment1604 employ1659 1659 R. Flecknoe Idea his Highness Oliver 61 Indifatigable in body and mind, Assidual in councel, perpetually in imploy. 1678 M. Nedham Christianissimus Christianandus iii. 27 The Conduct and Carriage of the French Court, since the Ministers which are now in Employ there appear'd upon the Stage. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xliii. 473 The first mention..of Thomas Sampson in publick employ. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 11 Sept. 1/1 We are obliged by Duty to keep our selves in constant Employ. 1800 Asiatick Researches 6 340 A great deal goes in the payment of the troops allowed to each district, one fourth of whom are never in employ. 1831 Q. Rev. Apr. 187 Assignats were daily more and more depreciated, provisions were rising in price, and workmen out of employ. 1841 E. Miall in Nonconformist 1 391 Operatives out of employ. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. ix. 159 The wives of labouring men hoped their nimble boys of ten or twelve would be taken into employ by the gentlemen in livery. 1928 Pop. Mech. May 138 (advt.) Simply state..how long at address..how long in employ. 1977 R. A. E. Wells Dearth & Distress in Yorks. 17 Many employers..permitted those in regular employ to increase their debts. 2000 N. Z. Davis Gift in 16th-cent. France ii. 46 Relatives and associates of the bride contributed to her dowry: her godmother, her master or mistress (if she was in employ), her uncles and brothers. < as lemmas |
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