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employ    音標拼音: [ɛmpl'ɔɪ] [ɪmpl'ɔɪ]
vt. 雇用;用,使用
n. 使用,雇用,職業

雇用;用,使用使用,雇用,職業

employ
n 1: the state of being employed or having a job; "they are
looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"
[synonym: {employment}, {employ}] [ant: {unemployment}]
v 1: put into service; make work or employ for a particular
purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your
head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this
tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was
applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?";
"I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic
bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a
computer" [synonym: {use}, {utilize}, {utilise}, {apply},
{employ}]
2: engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in
the department"; "How many people has she employed?" [synonym:
{hire}, {engage}, {employ}] [ant: {can}, {dismiss},
{displace}, {fire}, {force out}, {give notice}, {give the
axe}, {give the sack}, {sack}, {send away}, {terminate}]

Employ \Em*ploy"\, n. [Cf. F. emploi.]
That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular
service or business; employment.
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The whole employ of body and of mind. --Pope.
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{In one's employ}, in one's service.
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Employ \Em*ploy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Employed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Employing}.] [F. employer, fr. L. implicare to fold into,
infold, involve, implicate, engage; in plicare to fold. See
{Ply}, and cf. {Imply}, {Implicate}.]
1. To inclose; to infold. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in
doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or
upon, and sometimes by to; as:
(a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material,
etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ
the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and
phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ
one's energies.
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This is a day in which the thoughts . . . ought
to be employed on serious subjects. --Addison.
(b) To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
(c) To have or keep at work; to give employment or
occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest;
as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy.
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Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed
about this matter. --Ezra x. 15.
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Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer
To turn the glebe. --Dryden.
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{To employ one's self}, to apply or devote one's time and
attention; to busy one's self.

Syn: To use; busy; apply; exercise; occupy; engross; engage.
See {Use}.
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126 Moby Thesaurus words for "employ":
active use, activities, activity, add, affair, affairs, appliance,
application, apply, attend to business, attendance, avail, bag,
bespeak, bestow, book, brief, business, busy, carry on, commerce,
commission, concern, concernment, conduct, consecrate to, consume,
consumption, contract for, dedicate to, devote, do, do with,
employment, engage, engage in, engross, enlist, enterprise,
exercise, exert, exertion, expend, exploit, follow, function,
give over to, give to, go in for, good use, handle, hard usage,
hard use, hire, ill use, interest, involve, labor, lookout,
make use of, manage, manipulate, matter, mind the store,
ministration, ministry, misuse, monopolize, obtain, occupation,
occupy, operate, pass, pass the time, peonage, play, ply, practice,
preengage, procure, prosecute, pursue, put forth, put in, put on,
put out, recruit, reserve, retain, rough usage, secure, serfdom,
service, servitium, servitorship, servitude, sign, sign on,
sign up, sign up for, slavery, specialize in, spend,
spend the time, tackle, take into employment, take on, take to,
take up, tendance, thing, undertake, undertaking, usage, use,
use up, using up, utilize, wage, while, while away, wield, wile,
work, work at, wrong use

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  • EMPLOY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of EMPLOY is to make use of (someone or something inactive) How to use employ in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Employ
  • EMPLOY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    EMPLOY definition: 1 to have someone work or do a job for you and pay them for it: 2 to use something: 3 to spend… Learn more
  • EMPLOY Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com
    Employ definition: to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service See examples of EMPLOY used in a sentence
  • EMPLOY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If a person or company employs you, they pay you to work for them The company employs 18 staff [VERB noun] Her first husband had been employed in a chemicals company [VERB-ed] If you employ certain methods, materials, or expressions, you use them The tactics the police are now to employ are definitely uncompromising [VERB noun]
  • employ - definition and meaning - Wordnik
    To make use of as an instrument or means; apply to any purpose: as, to employ medicines in curing diseases To occupy; use; apply or devote to an object; pass in occupation: as, to employ an hour, a day, or a week; to employ one's life Synonyms Employ, Hire Hire and employ are words of different meaning
  • What does employ mean? - Definitions. net
    To give someone work or a job To put something into use or service; to make use of How do you employ your spare time? Etymology: from the verb 1 Business; object of industry The whole employ of body and of mind Alexander Pope, Ess on Man 2 Publick office
  • Employ - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    To employ means to use something or hire someone to work You can employ a saw to cut a board or employ a tutor to teach you math You can even employ your talents in study and activities
  • EMPLOY Definition Meaning – Explained - Power Thesaurus
    To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy Learn the meaning of Employ with clear definitions and helpful usage examples
  • Employ Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
    EMPLOY meaning: 1 : to use (something) for a particular purpose or to do something; 2 : to use or direct (something, such as your time or effort) in order to achieve a particular goal
  • EMPLOY Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
    Synonyms for EMPLOY: hire, recruit, engage, retain, pay, enlist, place, assume; Antonyms of EMPLOY: can, dismiss, axe, sack, ax, fire, discharge, lay off





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