employ
employ 英 [ɪmˈplɔɪ] 美 [ɛmˈplɔɪ]
v. 雇用；使用
进行时:employing 过去式:employed 过去分词:employed 第三人称单数:employs 名词复数:employs
- To employ means to use something or hire someone to work. You can employ a saw to cut a board or employ a tutor to teach you math. You can even employ your talents in study and activities.
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- v. 雇用；使用
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1. How many people does the company employ?
这家公司雇用了多少人？
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2. For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter.
三年来他一直受雇当消防员。
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3. He criticized the repressive methods employed by the country's government.
他指责了这个国家政府采取的镇压手段。
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4. The police had to employ force to enter the building.
警察不得不强行进入大楼。
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5. She was employed in making a list of all the jobs to be done.
她忙着把要做的所有工作列一个清单。
- employ (n.) 1660s, "action of employing," from French emploi, from Middle French verb employer (see employ (v.)). From 1709 as "state of being employed."
- employ (v.) early 15c., "apply or devote (something to some purpose); expend or spend," from Old French emploiier (12c.) "make use of, apply; increase; entangle; devote," from Latin implicare "enfold, involve, be connected with, unite, associate," from assimilated form of in- (from PIE root *en "in") + plicare "to fold" (from PIE root *plek- "to plait").
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