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单词 employment
释义 em·ploy·ment
\-ȯimənt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English employement, from emploien to employ + -ment — more at employ
1. : use, purpose
2.
 a. : activity in which one engages and employs his time and energies
  < her baby will give her employment enough now — Rachel Henning >
  < those in public office usually had to attend to their private employments — C.L.Jones >
 as
  (1) : work (as customary trade, craft, service, or vocation) in which one's labor or services are paid for by an employer
   < employment as a mechanic >
   < in the employment of the contractor >
  (2) : temporary or occasional work or service for pay
   < went from town to town, working when I could get employment — Oliver Goldsmith >
  (3) : occasional activity engaged in as an avocation, pastime, habit, or expedient
 b. : an instance of such activity
  < no sooner did he get an employment, however lowly, than his employer turned out to be a Communist — F.M.Ford >
  < in blitz war, the tactical employments of the airplane are many and varied — S.L.A.Marshall >
3. : the act of employing someone or something or the state of being employed
 < the employment of a pen in sketching >
 < the employment of all means to an end >
 < the employment of new workers >
 < walk to a distant table, and, leaning there in pretended employment, try to subdue the feelings — Jane Austen >
 < the routine employment of blood transfusion — Current Biography >
 < the next four essays examine the way in which the employment of myth, belief, or even manners give meaning and form to the novel — W.V.O'Connor >
 b. : the degree or extent to which the persons needing employment or available for employment are provided with it or lack it because of the prevailing economic conditions
  < employment in the particular area is likely to increase or decrease with the economic condition of the country as a whole >
  < efforts to increase employment by stimulating local industry >
Synonyms: see work
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