英语词汇“employment”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	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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