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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   employ

   • IPA[imˈploi]

   美式

   • v.
     give work to (someone) and pay them for it；keep occupied
   • n.
     the state or fact of being employed for wages or a salary；employment

   • verb: employ, 3rd person present: employs, gerund or present participle: employing, past tense: employed, past participle: employed

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. give work to (someone) and pay them for it the firm employs 150 people temps can be employed to do much of the work 同義詞 hire, engage, recruit, take on, take into employment, ... 更多secure the services of, sign up, sign, put on the payroll, enroll, appoint, commission, enlist, retain, have in employment, have on the payroll, indenture, apprentice, informaltake on board反義詞 dismiss
   • ▪ keep occupied most of the newcomers are employed in developing the technology into a product 同義詞 occupy, engage, involve, keep busy, tie up, ... 更多absorb, engross, immerse
   • 2. make use of the methods they have employed to collect the data 同義詞 use, utilize, make use of, avail oneself of, put into service, ... 更多implement, apply, exercise, practice, put into practice, exert, bring into play, bring into action, bring to bear, draw on, resort to, turn to, have recourse to, take advantage of

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the state or fact of being employed for wages or a salary I started work in the employ of a grocer and wine merchant
   • ▪ employment her place of employ