hire
n. 租金, 租用, 雇用 vt. 雇请, 出租 vi. 受雇
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教材释义与例句
雇用，租用；租金，工钱
an arrangement in which you pay a sum of money to borrow something for a short time
雇用；出租
to pay money to borrow something for a short period of time
雇用，租用；受雇
释义与例句
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1.
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
可数 不可数We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
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2.
The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
不可数 可数When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
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3.
Payment for the temporary use of something.
不可数 可数The sign offered pedalos on hire.
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Reward.
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1.
To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
租借
出租
澳大利亚 英国 及物We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
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To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
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To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
雇佣
雇
及物The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.
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To exchange the services of for remuneration.
及物They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
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To accomplish by paying for services.
英国 及物After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.
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To accept employment.
不及物They hired out as day laborers.
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(neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job
及物They hired a milkshake.
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From Middle English hire, hyre, here, hure, from Old English hȳr (“employment for wages; pay for service; interest on money lent”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju (“payment”), from the verb *hūʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewHs- or *kweHs-. Compare Hittite 𒆪𒊭𒀭 (kuššan-, “fee, pay, wages, price”). Cognate with West Frisian hier (“hire”), Dutch huur (“lease, rental”), German Low German Hüür (“lease, rental”).
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