employ sb as sth
as 后面接职位或身份，说明受雇担当的角色。
The company employs her as a legal adviser.
公司雇用她担任法律顾问。
雇用
employs — third person singular of employ
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。
To hire someone to work for you.
雇用某人作为员工。
To retain (someone) as an employee.
使用某人或某物来完成工作或任务。
To use (someone or something) for a job or task.
使忙碌；使专注。
To make busy; to preoccupy.
一般现在时
They employ new staff every year.
他们每年雇佣新员工。
一般过去时
The company employed 500 people last year.
这家公司去年雇佣了500人。
现在进行时
The manager is employing a new assistant this week.
经理这周正在雇佣一名新助理。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The company plans to employ more workers next year.
公司计划明年雇佣更多工人。
用法提示：employ作为动词表示“雇佣”。
She employed a new strategy to solve the problem.
她采用了一种新策略来解决问题。
用法提示：employed是employ的过去式，表示“采用”。
He was employed by a large corporation.
他曾被一家大公司雇佣。
用法提示：employed是employ的过去分词，表示被动语态的“雇佣”。
as 后面接职位或身份，说明受雇担当的角色。
The company employs her as a legal adviser.
公司雇用她担任法律顾问。
也常用被动式 be employed to do sth，表示受雇去做某事。
They employed a local builder to repair the roof.
他们雇了一位当地建筑工来修屋顶。
此义为“使用、运用”，宾语多是方法、技术、手段等抽象事物。
The team employed a new method to cut costs.
团队采用了一种新方法来削减成本。
此义表示“忙于、专注于”，多用被动式，in 后接动名词。
She was employed in preparing the report all morning.
她整个上午都忙于准备报告。
grammar · medium
易错句子The company employs many workers to work in the factory.
正确表达The company employs many workers in the factory.
employ 表示“雇用”时，宾语后面直接接地点、职位或工作内容，不必再用 to work 这类动词不定式；to work 是汉语“雇某人来做某事”的直译，英语里属冗余。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is employed in a big company.
正确表达He is employed by a big company.
employ 的被动式表示“受雇于”时，施事者（雇主）用 by 引出；in 只能表示工作的地点或领域。说“受雇于某公司”必须用 by，用 in 会变成“在某公司里工作”的地点含义。
grammar · medium
易错句子She employed a knife to open the box.
正确表达She used a knife to open the box.
employ 表示“使用工具”时是较正式的书面用法，日常英语谈具体工具、手段一般用 use；直接套用汉语“用”的宽泛范围会造出不自然的 employ。
雇用某人作为
The company employed her as a manager.
公司雇用她作为经理。
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。
受雇于；从事
He is employed in the finance department.
他受雇于财务部门。
采用策略
The team employed a defensive strategy.
该团队采用了防守策略。
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。
前缀: em- (进入) + 词根: ploy (折叠)
前缀: de- (分离) + 词根: ploy (折叠) → 展开部署
词根: ploy (折叠) + 后缀: -ee (被…的人) → 被雇用的人
从事于，致力于
She employed herself in writing a novel.
她致力于写一部小说。
利用时间
He employed his time wisely by studying every day.
他每天学习，明智地利用时间。
把某物用作
They employed a large stone as a table.
他们把一块大石头当作桌子用。
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运用技巧
She employed a special technique for painting.
她运用了一种特殊的绘画技巧。