employ[im'plɔi]

• vt.
  • 雇用；为…提供职业:

    This factory employs thousands of people.

    这家工厂雇用数千人。

  • 受雇:

    She was employed as a programmer.

    她受雇为节目编排员(或程序编制员)。

  • [employ oneself]使忙于,使从事于,使专心于:

    She employs herself by reading after work.

    工作之余，她忙于读书。

    to employ oneself in study

    专心学习

  • 用，使用，应用，利用(时间、精力、东西、工具、手段等):

    to employ a hammer to drive a nail

    用钉锤敲钉子

    to employ everything in one's power

    千方百计

  • 把(时间、精力)用于…，占据(时间、精力等):

    He employs his spare time in reading.

    他把余暇用于阅读。

    I employ all my energies in writing.

    我把我的全部精力用于写作。

• n.
  • 雇用；受雇
  • [古语、现诗歌用语]工作，职业；服务
  • [古语]使用，利用
• 近义词:

  use

• 短语:
  • be in employ 就业
  • be out of employ 失业
  • employ oneself in (或 on,doing) 花时间在；从事于[亦作 employ oneself in doing]
  • have someone in one's employ 雇用某人[亦作 take someone into one's employ雇用某人]
  • in the employ of someone 受雇于某人，为某人所雇用；替某人工作；在某处任职[亦作 in someone's employ][1425～1475]