employ
[ɪm'plɔɪ] verb
PROVIDE JOB 提供工作
ESSENTIAL transitive
■to have someone work or do a job for you and pay them for it 雇用•How many people does your company employ?你们公司雇有多少员工？ •Can't we employ someone as an assistant to help with all this paperwork?我们不可以雇一位助理来协助处理这些文书工作吗？ •[+ to infinitive] We've employed a market researcher to find out what people really want from a cable TV system.我们已经雇用了一位市场调查研究员来调查人们到底想透过有线电视系统看到甚么样的节目。 •More people are now employed in service industries than in manufacturing.现在服务业的就业人数多于制造业。
[ɪm'plɔɪ] verb
USE 利用
transitive formal
■to use something 使用；利用•Sophisticated statistical analysis was employed to obtain these results.利用尖端的统计分析技术得到了这些结果。
[ɪm'plɔɪ] verb
SPEND TIME 花时间
be employed in doing sth formal
■to spend time doing something 花时间做，从事于•He was busily employed in lacing up his shoes.他忙着系鞋带。
[ɪm'plɔɪ] noun formal
be in sb's employ
■to be working for someone 受雇于（某人）；为（某人）工作 |