| 单词 | employ |
| 释义 | employ employ // verb, noun
■ verb [+ obj]
1 to give sb a job to do for payment: How many people does the company employ? For the past three years he has been employed as a systems analyst. The number of people employed in manufacturing has fallen. IT workers employed to install new computer systems
2 (formal) to use sth such as a skill, method, etc. for a particular purpose: the accounting practices employed by large companies
VOCABULARY BUILDING
Employing people
• to recruit sb - Many businesses are having trouble recruiting workers with adequate skills. • to hire sb (especially AmE) - If you want to keep growing, hire more salespeople. • to take on sb - She was taken on as a trainee last year. • to appoint sb - A new head of the Environment Agency was appointed last year. • to headhunt sb - He was headhunted by a major US law firm.
See note at DISMISS
■ noun
IDIOMS
in sb's employ; in the employ of sb (formal) working for sb; employed by sb: How long has she been in your employ? |
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