employ
n. 雇用 vt. 雇用, 使用, 使从事于
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教材释义与例句
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使用，采用；雇用；使忙于，使从事于
to pay someone to work for you
释义与例句
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1.
The state of being an employee; employment.
The school district has six thousand teachers in its employ.
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An occupation.
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The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment.
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1.
To retain (someone) as an employee.
Our company employs hundreds of people.
Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.
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2.
To provide (someone) with a new job; to hire.
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罕用Yesterday our local garage employed a new mechanic.
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3.
To use (someone or something) for a job or task.
The burglar employed a jemmy to get in.
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To make busy; to preoccupy.
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Borrowed from French emploi (“job, employment”), the deverbal from employer (“to put to use, to employ”), first attested in the late 17th century.
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