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employ

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Related topics: Employment
em·ploy1 /ɪmˈplɔɪ/ ●●● S3 W2 verb [transitiveT]  
1  BEJOB/WORKto pay someone to work for you 雇用
 The factory employs over 2,000 people.
这家工厂雇用了2,000多名员工。
employ somebody as something
 Kelly is employed as a mechanic.
凯利受雇当技工。
employ somebody to do something
 We have been employed to look at ways of reducing waste.
我们受雇研究减少浪费的方法。
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In everyday English, people usually say give someone a job rather than employ someone, and have a job rather than be employed: 在日常英语中，人们一般说give someone a job不说employ someone ； 说have a job，不说be employed
They gave him a job delivering furniture.
他们给了他一份送家具的工作。
He has a job at the factory.
他在工厂工作。
2  USE somethingto use a particular object, method, skill etc in order to achieve something 使用，运用
employ a method/technique/tactic etc
 The report examines teaching methods employed in the classroom.
这个报告探讨了课堂教学方法。
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 Register
In everyday English, people usually say use a method rather than employ a method. 在日常英语中，人们一般说use a method，不说employ a method。
3  formalJOB/TASK to spend your time doing a particular thing 花时间做；忙于做
be employed in (doing) something
 Her days are employed in gardening and voluntary work.
她的时间都花在搞园艺和做义工上。
n Grammar
Employ is usually passive in this meaning.
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employ• It produces 340 drugs and cosmetic products, including penicillin, antibiotics and aspirins. and employs 3,900 people.• Falkman employed a freelance expert to assist it.• The volatility of their earnings also made it hard for them to deal with the liability concerns raised by employing a student.• If you want to employ an attractive secretary how attractive does she have to be?• I was employed as a night-watchman by the local hospital.• Its principles could be employed by communities, too.• Anyone who might be interested in employing her should contact me.• Since he came out of prison no one will employ him.• The training plan Considerable effort and expense were employed in providing information and training to help boards get established.• The equipment employs laser beams to make the computer chips.• We have lively discussions which pleasantly employ our time and our thoughts.• A conservative policy implies that the firm is less aggressive in minimizing current assets and employing short-term debt.
employ somebody as something• Kelly is currently employed as a motorcycle mechanic.
employ a method/technique/tactic etc• Guthrie, on the other hand, employs a method designed to draw a composite.• In order to do this, we have to employ a method of understanding rooted in scientific principles that are universally accepted.• The many hours on the road give cyclists the opportunity to employ tactics varying from the subtle to the murderous.• To understand appearances we must therefore employ a method which gives us access to the underlying meanings, etc.
be employed in (doing) something• By 1986 there were estimated to be about half as many people in informal work as are employed in the formal sector.• Landless peasants suited Doumer; they could be employed in mines or on rubber plantations, or to build roads and railways.• Some are employed in processing fish, such as canning and freezing, while others are manning and servicing the trawlers.• At the peak of the sugar-boom of the early 1870s a mere 40,000 workers were employed in the Czech sugar-factories.• The numbers to be employed in the raid provided something of a problem.• Inspectors, for the most part, are employed in the regions where they grew up.
employ2 noun  
in somebody’s employ old-fashionedBE working for someone 受雇于某人，为某人工作
 He had a number of servants in his employ.
他雇了几个仆人替他干活。
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in somebody’s employ• Mr. Morton had a number of servants in his employ.
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employ• The simple fact that he was in her husband's employ gave her an advantage over him.
From Longman Business Dictionary
employem·ploy /ɪmˈplɔɪ/ verb [transitiveT]HUMAN RESOURCES
to pay someone to work for you
The company employs 2000 people worldwide.
employ somebody as something
He is employed as a baggage handler at the airport.
employ somebody to do something
We have employed consultants to look at ways of reducing waste.
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If you employ or hire someone, you give them a job and pay them for the work they do
She was hired as marketing director for a biotechnology firm.
If you appoint someone, you choose them for a job, especially an important job
Mr Schreiber has been appointed director of human resources.
If you recruit people, you find new people to work for a company or organization
It’s getting more and more difficult to recruit experienced staff.
If you headhunt someone, you find a manager with the right skills and experience to do a particular job, often by persuading a suitable person to leave their present job rather than inviting people to apply for the job
Rick was headhunted to become finance director of the company.
Origin employ1
(1400-1500) French emploier “to use”, from Latin implicare; → IMPLICATE
em·ploy1 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →REGISTER1
→REGISTER2employ2 noun
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