employ
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
v.
一句话记住
雇用;使用;运用
释义与例句
v.
雇用
to give somebody a job and pay them for their work
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The factory employs more than five hundred people.
这家工厂雇用了五百多人。
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She is employed as a research assistant at the university.
她受雇于这所大学,担任研究助理。
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The company employs staff on both full-time and part-time contracts.
这家公司以全职和兼职合同雇用员工。
v.
使用;运用
to use a particular method, skill or object for a purpose
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The study employed several different methods of data collection.
这项研究采用了几种不同的数据收集方法。
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Teachers should employ a variety of techniques to maintain students' interest.
教师应运用多种技巧来保持学生的兴趣。
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Solar panels are employed to provide power for the remote station.
太阳能电池板被用来为这座偏远站点供电。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
employ people 是“雇人”,employ a method 是“采用方法”;employee 是员工,employer 是雇主。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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employee 雇员;员工受雇工作的人。
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employer 雇主;雇用单位雇用并支付他人工资的人或组织。
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employment 就业;雇用;工作employ 的名词形式。
同义词
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hire 雇用;租用hire 与 employ 都可指雇人;employ 较正式,强调雇用关系,hire 还可表示短期租用车辆、设备等。We need to hire two new engineers. 我们需要雇用两名新工程师。
反义词
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dismiss 解雇;开除He was dismissed for repeatedly ignoring safety rules. 他因屡次无视安全规定而被解雇。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
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deploy 部署;调配employ 指雇人或使用方法;deploy 指为特定目的部署军队、人员或调配资源。Extra officers were deployed at the station. 车站增派了警员。
常见搭配
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employ somebody as 雇用某人担任The museum employs her as a conservation specialist. 博物馆雇用她担任文物保护专家。
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employ a method 采用一种方法Researchers employed a simple method to measure water quality. 研究人员采用了一种简单的方法来测量水质。