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  • Conjugation : past  employed ; pp  employed ; ing  employing
  • Derivatives : n  employer ; n  employability ; adj  employable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

employ [ɪm'plɔɪ]
  1. 1. vt. [+person, workforce] 雇用
  2. 2. vt. [+methods, materials] (use) 使用
  3. 3. noun [frm] to be in sb's employ 受雇于某人
    he was employed as a technician
    他受雇做技师

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

employ [ɪm 'plɔɪ] [ɪm 'plɔɪ]
  1. 1. vt. 用，使用，利用
    More women are now employed in manufacturing industries than before.
    较之过去，如今的制造业中有了更多的女性从业人员。
  2. 2. vt. 使忙于，使从事于，使专心于
    to employ oneself in study
    专心学习
  3. 3. vt. 雇佣
    Minings employs fewer men now．
    采矿业现在雇工比较少。
    To obtain accurate results, you need to employ good statistical tools.
    你需要使用精准的统计工具才能得到正确的结果。
  4. 4. vt. 受雇
    He was employed to fix the company's finances.
    公司任命他来处理财政问题。
  5. 5. noun 使用；雇用
  6. 6. noun [poem] 现用于诗，工作，职业

Collins English-English Dictionary

employ [ɪm'plɔɪ]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to engage or make use of the services of (a person) in return for money; hire
  2. 2. vt. to provide work or occupation for; keep busy; occupy
    collecting stamps employs a lot of his time
  3. 3. vt. to use as a means
    to employ secret measures to get one's ends
  4. 4. n the state of being employed (esp in the phrase in someone's employ)
  5. 5. n [Etymology] C15: from Old French emploier, from Latin implicare to entangle, engage, from plicare to fold
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Examples

to employ oneself in study
专心学习 → employ
Different artists employ different painting techniques.
不同的画家会使用不同的绘画技巧。 → painting
To obtain accurate results, you need to employ good statistical tools.
你需要使用精准的统计工具才能得到正确的结果。 → accurate
Chinese enterprises will be asked to employ tax-controlled cashier machines in the future.
中国企业将需使用税控收款机。
Our company wants to employ someone who can write good copy this year.
今年我们公司要招聘几个撰写广告词的好手。 → copy
to employ secret measures to get one's ends → employ
we want to employ men of his stamp → stamp
包车夫
rickshaw coolie in sb.'s employ → 包车
动用大量人力
employ a tremendous amount of manpower → 动用
我想请个律师来打这场官司。
I'm trying to employ a lawyer to handle the case. → 律师
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