employ

employ

[im'plɔi]

v.雇佣, 使用

例句与用法：

He has fifteen workers in his employ.

他雇佣的工人有十五名。

Our company employed about one hundred people.

我们公司雇佣了大约一百人。

The children were employed in weeding the garden.

孩子们忙着给花园除草。

The police had to employ force to break up the crowd.

警察不得不使用武力驱散人群。

词形变化：

形容词: employable | 名词: employability | 动词过去式: employed | 动词过去分词: employed | 动词现在分词: employing | 动词第三人称单数: employs |

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vt.

1. 雇用[(+as)][O2]

The mill employs a thousand workers.

这家工厂雇用了一千名工人。

2. 使用, 利用

How do you employ your spare time?

你是怎样利用你的空余时间的?

3. (常与oneself连用或用被动语态)使忙于, 使从事于[(+in)]

The children were employed in painting.

孩子们忙于画画儿。

The children employed themselves in painting.

孩子们忙于画画儿。

n.

雇用; 使用[U]

短语词组：

employ oneself in

1. 忙于; 从事于

He usually employs himself in reading in his free time.

他通常在闲暇时看书。