employ verb ⇨employ (How many people does the company employ?)⇨use1 (employ tactics/force)⇨be employed⇨work2employ
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➡ See also the entry for appoint另见appoint条employ ♦︎ hire ♦︎ recruit ♦︎ sign ♦︎ contract ♦︎ engage ♦︎ retain ♦︎ take sb onThese words all mean to give sb a job to do for payment.这些词均表示雇用、聘用。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to employ / hire / recruit / sign / engage / retain / take on sb as sth◆to employ / hire / recruit / sign / contract / engage / retain / take on sb to do sth◆to hire / recruit / sign sb from a place / company / group◆to employ / hire / recruit / contract / take on workers / staff◆to employ / hire / recruit a manager◆to employ / hire / engage / retain a lawyer◆to sign / contract a player◆to engage / retain sb's services■employ [transitive] to have sb working for you for payment; to give sb a job雇用;聘用◆How many people does the company employ?这家公司雇用了多少人?◆A number of people have been employed to deal with the backlog of work.已雇用了一些人来处理积压下来的工作。 see also be employed ⇨ workverb2, employer ⇨ manager, employment ⇨ worknoun2■hire [transitive, intransitive] (especially NAmE) to give sb a job; to find new people to work for a company or organization雇用;聘用;(公司或机构)招工◆She was hired three years ago.她是三年前录用的。◆He does the hiring and firing in our company.他在我们公司负责员工的聘用和辞退。◆We're not hiring right now.目前我们不招工。ⓘ In both British and American English hire also means 'to employ sb for a short time to do a particular job'.在英式和美式英语中,hire也有临时雇用之义◆They hired a firm of consultants to design the new system.他们请了一家咨询公司设计新系统。OPPfire ⇨ fireverb■recruit rɪˈkruːt [transitive, intransitive] (ratherformal) to find new people to join a company, an organization or the armed forces(公司或机构)招收(新成员);(部队)征募(新兵);纳新◆The police are trying to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities.警察机关正试图从少数民族中征募更多的警员。◆They recruited several new members to the club.他们吸纳了几名俱乐部新会员。◆He is responsible for recruiting at all levels.他负责各级征募工作。 see also recruit ⇨ recruitnoun■sign [transitive, intransitive] to arrange for sb, especially a musician or sports player, to sign a contract agreeing to work for your company or team; to sign a contract agreeing to work for a company or team(和⋯)签约;应聘◆The team has just signed a new goalkeeper.该队刚刚和一名新守门员签约了。◆ (BrE) He signed for United yesterday.他昨天和联队签约了。◆ (especially NAmE) He signed with the San Francisco 49ers.他和旧金山49人队签了约。◆The band signed with Virgin Records.乐队同维京唱片公司签了约。■contract kənˈtrækt [transitive, usually passive] (ratherformal) to make a legal agreement with sb for them to work for you or provide you with a service, especially for a limited period of time与⋯订立(有限期的)合同(或契约)◆The player is contracted to play until August.这名球员的签约合同8月份到期。◆Several computer engineers have been contracted to the finance department.几名计算机工程师与财务部门签订了合同。ⓘ In this meaning contract is usually followed by to. In American English it is sometimes followed by with.表达此义时,contract通常后接to,在美式英语中有时后接with◆He can't work for them because he is contracted with another company.他因与另一家公司已签约,所以不能为他们工作。 see also contract ⇨ contractnoun■engage ɪnˈgeɪdʒ [transitive] (formal, especially BrE) to employ sb to do a particular job雇用;聘用◆He is currently engaged as a consultant.他目前被聘作顾问。◆We will have to engage the services of a translator.我们得聘一名翻译人员。■retain rɪˈteɪn [transitive] (law法律) to pay money regularly or in advance to a professional person such as a lawyer, so that they will do work for you when you need them to聘用,委托(律师等专业人士)◆You will need to retain the services of a lawyer.你将需要聘请一位律师。◆You will be paid a retaining fee.你将收到预付辩护费。ⓘ A lawyer, etc. can be retained by a member of the public as well as by a company; sb who is retained may do work for other people or companies as well. * retain a lawyer指由个人或公司聘用律师。被聘用者仍可接受其他人或其他公司的委托。■ˌtake sb ˈon
phrasal verb
(took, taken)to give sb a job雇用;聘用◆We're not taking on any new staff at present.目前我们不招收新员工。OPPlay sb off ⇨ fireverb
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