2BECJOB/WORKthe act of paying someone to work for you 雇用
employment of
Mexican law prohibits the employment of children under 14.
墨西哥的法律禁止雇用不足14岁的儿童。
3the number of people who have jobs 就业人数OPP unemployment
Nationwide employment now stands at 95%.
目前全国就业率为95%。
full employment (=a situation in which everyone has a job) 全面就业
Many economists consider full employment an unrealistic goal.
许多经济学家认为全面就业是不现实的目标。
4formalUSE something the use of a particular object, method, skill etc to achieve something 使用,运用
employment of
Was the employment of force justified?
使用武力是正当的吗?
nCOLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1,2 & 3
adjectives
paid employment (=a job for which you receive money)
51% of women return to paid employment within 5 years of having a child.
full-time/part-time employment
Mike is in full-time employment, but his wife is not working.
permanent/temporary employment
university graduates entering permanent employment for the first time
long-term/regular employment (=working for the same company for a long time)
She finally found regular employment at a hospital in York.
continuous employment (=working all the time, without any periods being unemployed)
You can join the pension scheme after two years of continuous employment with the company.
verbs
give/offer somebody employment
He was offered employment in the company’s main office.
provide employment (=offer jobs to people)
The new power station will provide employment for around 400 people.
create employment (=make new jobs)
The government is trying to stimulate the economy and create employment.
find/get employment
The men hope to find employment in the construction industry.
obtain/secure employment formal (=get employment)
He found it difficult to obtain employment because of his criminal record.
look for employment (also seek employment formal)
My son had to leave the farm and seek employment elsewhere.
employment + NOUN
employment opportunities (=jobs that are available for people to apply for)
There are very few employment opportunities in the area.
employment prospects (=someone’s chances of getting a job)
Better qualifications will improve your employment prospects.
employment rights (=the rights that someone has in their job)
Part-time workers don’t have the same employment rights as full-time staff.
employment levels (=the number of people employed in an area )
Employment levels in the region are above the national average.
employment conditions (also conditions of employment) (=details about someone’s employment such as how much they are paid, how much holiday they get etc)
All workers have a right to a fair wage and decent conditions of employment.
an employment contract (also a contract of employment) (=an official document stating the details about someone’s employment)
There is a clause in your employment contract covering holiday entitlement.
employment terms (also terms of employment) (=the details about someone’s employment that are written in their employment contract, including rules that they must follow)
It’s in the terms of their employment that they can’t go on strike.
phrases
loss of employment
Closure of the factory will lead to a substantial loss of employment.
somebody’s place of employment formal (=the building where they work)
They had a long journey to their place of employment.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF EMPLOYMENT | VERB + EMPLOYMENT | EMPLOYMENT + VERB | EMPLOYMENT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤paid, salaried支薪受雇▸➤full-time, part-time全職工作;兼職工作▸➤lifelong, lifetime, long-term, permanent, stable, steady終身雇用;長期就業;永久雇用;穩定就業➤continued繼續雇用▸➤short-term, temporary短期雇用;臨時雇用▸➤regular定期雇用▸➤casual臨時雇用➤formal正式雇用▸➤seasonal季節性雇用▸➤gainful, meaningful有收益的工作;有意義的工作◇The company was one of the first to offer meaningful employment to the blind.這家公司是首批向盲人提供有意義的工作崗位的企業之一。➤full, total充分就業;完全就業◇The government aims to achieve full employment within three years.政府的目標是在 3 年之內達到完全就業。➤high, low高就業率;低就業率◇an area of very low employment就業率很低的地區➤skilled, unskilled技術性/非技術性工作▸➤blue-collar, white-collar藍領工作;白領工作▸➤factory, office工廠工作;辦公室工作➤federal, public聯邦部門/公共部門雇用➤female, male女性/男性就業➤youth青年就業... OF EMPLOYMENT➤level就業水平◇policies aimed at maintaining a high level of employment旨在保持高就業率的政策VERB + EMPLOYMENT➤look for, seek尋求工作;找工作◇recent graduates seeking employment找工作的應屆畢業生➤find, gain, get, obtain, secure找到工作;獲得雇用◇He finally secured employment in a local factory.他最終在本地一家工廠找到了工作。➤accept, take up (formal) 接受雇用;受聘◇He took up employment with the company in May 2002.他於 2002 年 5 月開始受聘於這家公司。➤give up, leave, lose放棄工作;離職;失業◇She lost her employment when the company closed.公司倒閉後她失業了。➤terminate解雇◇One company terminated his employment after 30 days.一家公司在 30 天後就解雇了他。➤give sb, offer sb為某人提供工作▸➤create, generate, provide創造就業機會;提供就業機會◇This investment will certainly create employment in the area.這項投資肯定會為該地區創造就業機會。◇The steelworks provided employment for thousands of people.這家鋼鐵廠為數千人提供了就業機會。➤ensure, guarantee保證/確保就業▸➤boost, increase, raise, stimulate促進就業;增加就業◇policies designed to stimulate employment旨在促進就業的政策EMPLOYMENT + VERB➤grow, increase, rise就業增加;就業率上升▸➤decline, fall就業率下降EMPLOYMENT + NOUN➤opportunities, options, possibilities, prospects就業機會/選擇/可能性/前景◇There are few employment prospects in the town for unqualified young people.對資歷不足的年輕人來說,在這個鎮幾乎沒有就業機會。➤rights就業權利➤discrimination (especially NAmE) 就業歧視◇laws prohibiting employment discrimination禁止就業歧視的法律➤training就業培訓➤programme/program (especially NAmE) 就業規劃◇a state-subsidized employment programme / program國家資助的就業規劃➤agency, service職業介紹所;就業服務▸➤status就業狀況◇The survey studied the employment status of people within the community.這項調查研究了這個社區住戶的就業狀況。➤history工作經歷◇Interviewers will look carefully at a candidate's employment history.面試官會仔細察看應聘者的工作經歷。➤agreement, contract用工協議;雇用合同▸➤conditions, terms聘用條件;雇用條款▸➤data, figures, records, statistics就業數據;雇用記錄;就業統計▸➤levels, rate就業水平;就業率➤picture, situation就業狀況/形勢◇The employment picture is not good.就業狀況不好。➤patterns, trends就業模式;就業趨勢➤growth就業增長▸➤market就業市場◇graduates entering the employment market進入就業市場的畢業生➤policy就業政策◇the government's full-employment policy政府的完全就業政策➤law, legislation勞工法;就業立法➤lawyer勞動糾紛律師➤tax (NAmE) 就業稅▸➤practices雇用慣例◇The company's employment practices have been widely criticized.這家公司雇用人員的做法受到廣泛批評。PREPOSITION➤in employment就業◇Most of last year's graduates are now in employment.去年的畢業生現在大都已經就業。➤out of employment失業◇She had been out of employment for three years.她已經失業 3 年了。PHRASES➤conditions of employment, terms of employment聘用條件/條款◇Union negotiate conditions of employment.工會就雇用條件進行談判。➤a contract of employment聘任合同➤patterns of employment, trends of employment就業模式/趨勢◇significant changes in patterns of employment就業模式的重大變化➡ topic at business