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

verb | noun

recruitrecruit1 /rɪˈkrut/ ●●○ S3 W3 verb

VERB TABLE

recruit

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	recruit
	he, she, it	recruits
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	recruited
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have recruited
	he, she, it	has recruited
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had recruited
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will recruit
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have recruited

Continuous Form
Present	I	am recruiting
	he, she, it	is recruiting
	you, we, they	are recruiting
Past	I, he, she, it	was recruiting
	you, we, they	were recruiting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been recruiting
	he, she, it	has been recruiting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been recruiting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be recruiting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been recruiting

1[intransitive, transitive] to find new people to work in a company, join an organization, do a job, etc.: The district has been trying to recruit more teachers.2a)[intransitive, transitive] to get people to join the army or navy → conscript SYN enlist b)[transitive] to form a new army in this way3[transitive] informal to persuade someone to do something for you SYN enlist: recruit somebody to do something We recruited a few of our friends to help us move.—recruitment noun [uncountable]

verb | noun

recruitrecruit2 ●○○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYrecruit²

Origin: 1600-1700 French recrute new growth, new soldiers, from Old French recroistre to grow up again

COLLOCATIONS► raw recruits

Forty raw recruits (=new recruits) have just started boot camp.

1someone who has just joined the army, navy, or air force: Forty raw recruits (=new recruits) have just started boot camp. → see also conscript22someone who has recently joined an organization, team, group of people, etc.: New recruits are sent to the Atlanta office for training. [Origin: 1600–1700 French recrute new growth, new soldiers, from Old French recroistre to grow up again]