Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #3488
hire
雇用；聘用
to employ someone; to give someone a job
- 1.
To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
雇用；以报酬换取服务；给某人提供工作
- 2.
To exchange the services of for remuneration.
以报酬交换服务
- 3.
To accept employment.
接受雇佣
- 4.
(neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job
购买某物以执行功能或完成任务
受雇；就职；雇佣；雇用；以报酬换取服务；给某人提供工作；以报酬交换服务；接受雇佣
In use
The company plans to hire twenty new engineers next year.
We hired a car for our road trip across Europe.
She is hiring a personal assistant to help manage her schedule.
hire + person
hire 后可直接跟被雇用的人。
The company hired a new manager.
公司雇用了一位新经理。
hire + thing
hire 也可表示租用物品。
We hired a car for the weekend.
我们周末租了一辆车。
hire + someone + to do something
They hired her to design the website.
他们雇她来设计网站。
Connections
Collocations
- hire someone
- 雇用某人
- The company decided to hire someone with more experience.公司决定雇用一位更有经验的人。
- hire a car
- 租车
- We hired a car to drive around the island.我们租了一辆车环岛游。
- hire staff
- 招聘员工
- The hotel is planning to hire more staff for the summer season.酒店计划夏季招聘更多员工。
- hire a consultant
- 聘请顾问
- They hired a consultant to improve their marketing strategy.他们聘请了一位顾问来改进营销策略。
- hire a lawyer
- 聘请律师
- He hired a lawyer to handle the legal dispute.他聘请了一位律师来处理法律纠纷。
- hire equipment
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象老板对你说“嗨（hire）”，你被雇用了。
Context & Register
‘hire’ 作为动词表示‘雇用’时，通常为中性用语，无明显正式或非正式之分。常见使用场合包括公司招聘、面试、职位录用等职场相关情境。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后可接宾语；常与 for 或 as 连用表示雇用目的或职位
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the /aɪə/ sound at the end and are spelled with '-ire'. Note that words like 'higher' are spelled differently but sound similar.
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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