employ翻译

employ

英 [ɪmˈplɔɪ] 美 [ɪmˈplɔɪ]

vt.

雇用;应用;运用;使用

n.

雇用，受雇;服务;工作，职业

第三人称单数： employs现在分词： employing过去式： employed过去分词： employed

verb

1

~ sb (as sth)

雇用

to give sb a job to do for payment

[VN] How many people does the company

employ?

这个公司雇用了多少人？

For the past three years he has been employed as

a firefighter.

三年来他一直受雇当消防员。

[VN to inf] A number of people have been

employed to deal with the backlog of work.

已雇来一些人处理积压的工作。

see also self-employed, unemployed

2

[VN] (formal) 应用；运用；使用

to use sth such as a skill, method, etc. for a particular

purpose

He criticized the repressive methods employed by

the country's government.

他指责了这个国家政府采取的镇压手段。

The police had to employ force to enter the

building.

警察不得不强行进入大楼。