英语词汇“employ”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	employ
释义	em·ploy I. \ə̇mˈplȯi, em-\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English emploien, from Middle French emploier from Old French empleoir, emploiier, from Latin implicare to infold, involve, implicate, engage, from in- in- (II) + plicare to fold — more at ply 1. a. : to make use of < employ a pen for sketching > < employ metal girders in building construction > < employ questionable methods in business > < craftsmen were finding in the new land raw materials on which they could employ all their artistry — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < atomic energy could be employed for military purposes — Current Biography > < office buildings are beginning to employ whole banks of elevators which … run without operators or starters — John Lear > b. : to use or occupy (as time) advantageously < employ your leisure in reading > < possible fields where the capacities and interests of the student might best be employed — Bates Boyle > c. : to use or engage the services of < employ a lawyer to straighten out a legal tangle > also : to provide with a job that pays wages or a salary or with a means of earning a living < he is employed by a local plumbing concern > d. : to devote to or direct toward a particular activity or person < employ all his talent to the creation of frivolities > < all his caddishness was employed against her — J.F.Gore > e. : occupy, busy < employ oneself in charitable activities > < employ the child at cutting out paper dolls > 2. obsolete a. : comprise, include, enclose b. : signify, imply 3. obsolete : to dispatch (a person) with a commission Synonyms: see use II. \“ sometimes ˈemˌp-\ noun (-s) 1. archaic a. : something on which one is employed or with which he is occupied; also : use, purpose < that war chest … which had been accumulated by the late king for the proposed Spanish war, and which had now no employ — Hilaire Belloc > b. : business, occupation, trade, profession 2. : the state of being employed especially for wages or a salary by someone or something (as an employer or a business firm) < in the employ of a trucking company > < professors of science, though not actually in the government's employ — Waldemar Kaempffert > 3. archaic : an official public position
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