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    employ查询结果如下:

    音标:[ɪm'plɔɪ] 现在分词:employing
    过去式:employed 过去分词:employed
    名词复数:employs 第三人称单数:employs
    基本释义/说明:v.雇佣;使用
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    n.
    [正式用语]使用;雇用;
    in the employ of(a person)或in(a person`s) employ
    受雇于某人.
    be out of employ
    失业.
    vt.
    ①雇用;
    They employ five waiters.
    他们雇用了五个服务员.
    He is employed in a bank.
    他在银行做事.
    ②利用;使用;
    employ men according to their abilities
    量才录用.
    ③花费(时间、精力等);
    How do you employ your spare time?
    你怎样使用你的业余时间?
    -扩展释义
    v. 【机械】
    采用,用
    vt. 【化学】
    雇用,使...雇用,花费,使...从事于;雇用,服务,工作
    vt.
    1. 雇用[(+as)][O2]2. 使用,利用,3. (常与oneself连用或用被动语态)使忙于,使从事于[(+in)]n.1. 雇用;使用[U]
    You could employ your spare time better.
    你可以更好的利用业余时间。
    v. 【法律专业】
    用 ,雇佣 ,雇用,录用,聘请
    -同义词和反义词

    词性:verb

    例句2. Sam was employed in carving a stone figure’

    同义词系列1
    -employ的不同词性形态

    形容词 变体/同根词

    In a job; working. || Used; in use.
    “You have enough work to keep you fully employed.”
    “He was employed on a part-time basis.”
    (especially of a person) Able to be employed.
    Having no employees.

    动词 变体/同根词

    employ的(已不通用)第三人称单数形式
    “He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth.”
    employ的第三人称单数形式
    “Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet employs comedy in its first act to endear us to its characters and set up its plot.”
    “She employs around 20 teachers, teaching ballet, tap, foxtrot, waltz, tango, jive and hip hop.”
    “The drama is in the emotional defences each soldier employs to survive the horrors they face.”
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