employ

employ
verb
[with obj.]
  1. give work to (someone) and pay them for it
    雇用
    the firm employs 150 people.
    公司雇用了150人。
    [with obj. and infinitive]temporary staff can be employed to undertake much of the work.
    可雇用临时工做大量的工作。
    ■keep occupied
    使从事；使忙碌
    most of the newcomers are employed in developing the technology into a product.
    多数新来的人都在从事将这项技术转化为产品的工作。
  2. make use of
    利用，使用
    the methods they have employed to collect the data.
    他们用来收集资料的方法。
noun
  1. [in sing.]the state or fact of being employed for wages or a salary
    受雇
    I started work in the employ of a grocer and wine merchant.
    受雇于一个杂货和酒类经销商，我开始上班了。
    ■(archaic)employment
    (古)工作，职业
    her place of employ.
    她工作的地方。
派生
employability
noun
employable
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (formerly also as imploy): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari 'be involved in or attached to', passive form of implicare (see imply). In the 16th and 17th cent. the word also had the senses 'enfold, entangle' and 'imply', derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate
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