Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #1231
employ
雇用
To hire someone to work for you.
- 1.
To retain (someone) as an employee.
雇用某人作为员工。
- 2.
To use (someone or something) for a job or task.
使用某人或某物来完成工作或任务。
- 3.
To make busy; to preoccupy.
使忙碌；使专注。
使用；运用；使忙碌；使忙于；雇用某人作为员工。；使用某人或某物来完成工作或任务。；使忙碌；使专注。
In use
The company plans to employ more workers next year.
She employed a new strategy to solve the problem.
He was employed by a large corporation.
Verb forms
base employ · third person employs · -ing employing · past employed · past participle employed
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- employ someone as
- 雇用某人作为
- The company employed her as a manager.公司雇用她作为经理。
- employ a method
- 使用一种方法
- They employed a new method to solve the problem.他们使用了一种新方法来解决这个问题。
- be employed in
- 受雇于；从事
- He is employed in the finance department.他受雇于财务部门。
- employ a strategy
- 采用策略
- The team employed a defensive strategy.该团队采用了防守策略。
- employ force
- 使用武力
- The police had to employ force to control the crowd.警察不得不使用武力来控制人群。
- employ a technique
Learner notes
Memory Tip
em（嗯）ploy（策略）：雇用员工要讲策略。
Context & Register
常见场景：workplace hiring、general usage of tools/resources 作为'雇用'时通常用于正式或职场语境；作为'使用'时较常见于正式或书面语，但也可用于日常。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'employ' in their stressed syllable: they have the /ɔɪ/ sound. No lookalikes are included.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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