em·ploy

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第411页（872字）

【释义】：

vt．①雇用：The capitalists employed a number of childlabourers．资本家雇用了大批童工．be employed at(or in)在…工作：She is employed at(or in)a post-office．她在邮局工作．be employed for专管…：The old worker is employed for supervising the machine shop．这位老工人负责管理机器车间．be employed on从事：He is employed on the line(or railway)．他从事铁路工作．②使用：employ aluminium for cooking pots用铝做锅．employ flexible tactics to hit the enemy运用灵活的战术打击敌人．③花费：How do you employ your time?你的时间怎么用的?He employs his leisure．hours in reading the heroic stories of our P．L．A．men他用空闲时间读解放军英雄的故事．I employed myself in arranging books我整理书籍．be employed about忙于：The women in our country are no longer employed about the house all day long．我国妇女从家庭圈子里解放出来了．be employed upon专心于：At present we are employed upon composing the text book．现在我们专心于编课本．

－n．雇用：in the employ of受雇于…，为…工作．out of employ 失业．