英语词汇“employ”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

employ

/ɪmˈplɔɪ

/ /ɛmˈplɔɪ/

verb [with object]

1Give work to (someone) and pay them for it: the firm employs 150 people [with object and infinitive]: temporary staff can be employed to undertake the work (as adjective employed) 83 percent of employed people were working in full-time jobs...

The firm employs ten people and hires drivers when required.
The firm now employs seven people directly and a further 15 work at other facilities.
A total of 30 staff are employed by the firm at its Kendal and Lancaster offices.

Synonyms

hire, engage, recruit, take on, take into employment, secure the services of, sign up, sign, put on the payroll, enrol, appoint, commission, enlist;

retain, have in employment, have on the payroll;

indenture, apprentice

informal take on board

working, in work, in employment, with a job, holding down a job, with a career;

professional, career;

earning, waged, in gainful employment, earning one's living, breadwinning

1.1Keep occupied: the newcomers are employed in developing the technology into a product...

A large number of them are employed in activities such as stitching, packing and embroidery works.
They are employed in a variety of roles in the Glasgow bureau.
Krifsha was employed in the hiring of limousines, the court heard.

Synonyms

occupy, engage, involve, keep busy, tie up;

absorb, engross, immerse

2Make use of: the methods they have employed to collect the data...

The method cities employ to collect unpaid property taxes varies from one extreme to another.
To maintain the water's clarity and purity, this wilderness area employs ingenious purification methods.
We need not look far for contemporary examples of blatant divisive methods employed by community leaders.

Synonyms

use, utilize, make use of, avail oneself of, put into service;

implement, apply, exercise, practise, put into practice, exert, bring into play, bring into action, bring to bear;

draw on, resort to, turn to, have recourse to, take advantage of

noun [in singular]

1The state of being employed for wages or a salary: I started work in the employ of a grocer...

This had to do with revealing that she was secretly in the employ of the Central Intelligence Agency, using a cover employer to disguise her affiliation.
Having finished his apprenticeship as a diesel mechanic, he had come to Australia in 1957 in the employ of the Commonwealth Government.
Thomas was ‘an industrious labourer’ and of ‘good character’, and worked in the employ of the local landowner.

1.1 archaic Employment: her place of employ

Origin

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 (see imply). In the 16th and 17th century the word also had the senses 'enfold, entangle' and 'imply', derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate.

单词	employ
释义	employ /ɪmˈplɔɪ / /ɛmˈplɔɪ/ verb [with object] 1Give work to (someone) and pay them for it: the firm employs 150 people [with object and infinitive]: temporary staff can be employed to undertake the work (as adjective employed) 83 percent of employed people were working in full-time jobs... The firm employs ten people and hires drivers when required. The firm now employs seven people directly and a further 15 work at other facilities. A total of 30 staff are employed by the firm at its Kendal and Lancaster offices. Synonyms hire, engage, recruit, take on, take into employment, secure the services of, sign up, sign, put on the payroll, enrol, appoint, commission, enlist; retain, have in employment, have on the payroll; indenture, apprentice informal take on board working, in work, in employment, with a job, holding down a job, with a career; professional, career; earning, waged, in gainful employment, earning one's living, breadwinning 1.1Keep occupied: the newcomers are employed in* developing the technology into a product... A large number of them are employed in activities such as stitching, packing and embroidery works. They are employed in a variety of roles in the Glasgow bureau. Krifsha was employed in the hiring of limousines, the court heard. Synonyms occupy, engage, involve, keep busy, tie up; absorb, engross, immerse 2Make use of: the methods they have employed to collect the data... The method cities employ to collect unpaid property taxes varies from one extreme to another. To maintain the water's clarity and purity, this wilderness area employs ingenious purification methods. We need not look far for contemporary examples of blatant divisive methods employed by community leaders. Synonyms use, utilize, make use of, avail oneself of, put into service; implement, apply, exercise, practise, put into practice, exert, bring into play, bring into action, bring to bear; draw on, resort to, turn to, have recourse to, take advantage of noun [in singular]* 1The state of being employed for wages or a salary: I started work in the employ of* a grocer... This had to do with revealing that she was secretly in the employ of the Central Intelligence Agency, using a cover employer to disguise her affiliation. Having finished his apprenticeship as a diesel mechanic, he had come to Australia in 1957 in the employ of the Commonwealth Government. Thomas was ‘an industrious labourer’ and of ‘good character’, and worked in the employ of the local landowner. 1.1 archaic* Employment: her place of employ Origin 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 (see imply). In the 16th and 17th century the word also had the senses 'enfold, entangle' and 'imply', derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate. Rhymes ahoy, alloy, Amoy, annoy, boy, buoy, cloy, coy, destroy, enjoy, Hanoi, hoi polloi, hoy, Illinois, joy, koi, oi, ploy, poi, Roy, savoy, soy, tatsoi, toy, trompe l'œil, troy
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