vt 雇用，聘请 (give (paid) work to; engage the services of) [T+n，T+n+prep(in/on)，C+n+prep(as)，C+n+to-inf]：～new workers/three typists 雇用新工人/三个打字员; The making of the road will～many men. 修筑这条公路可以使许多人得到工作。The factory～s 50 men/600 hands/two cooks. 那家工厂雇佣了50个人/600个人手/两个厨师。be～ed as a driver/a secretary 被雇作司机/秘书;～sb to look after babies 雇某人照料小孩;He hasn't been～ed for over a year now. 他已经有一年多没有工作了。He's～ed on a project/at the post office/in a bank.他受聘干一项工程/在邮局工作/在银行工作。〖同〗 hire，use，engage; 〖反〗 discharge，dismiss，fire;

(2) (使)忙于，从事，专心于 (devote or apply (one's time or energies) to some activity) [T+n，T+n+prep(in/on)，C+n+prep(as)，C+n+to-inf] (fml)：～one's leisure in fishing and golfing 在业余时间钓鱼和打高尔夫球; be busily～ed (in) hewing out the timbers/writing out letters/watering the garden 忙着劈木材/写信/浇花园;～oneself by reading after work/in growing roses after retirement 下班后专心读书/退休后从事玫瑰种植; 〖同〗 engage，occupy，devote;

(3) (使)用，用掉 (make use of; put to use) [T+n，T+n+prep(in)，C+n+prep(as)，C+n+to-inf] (fml)：～a knife as a lever/in eating/to cut up food 用刀作杠杆/吃饭/切食物;～one's time better (wisely) in crocheting/sewing 更好(精明)地利用时间编织(毛衣)/做缝纫活; It is necessary to～a little tact. 圆通一些很有必要。A bulldozer was～ed for excavating the foundations of the building. 在盖那座楼房时动用了推土机挖地基。～everything in one's power 尽一切方法; 〖同〗 use，utilize，engage，occupy，devote; 〖反〗 waste，misuse，misapply;

n 雇用(condition of being employed; service) [U] (fml)： I was in his～for three years. 我被他雇用了三年。I have more than 200 persons in my～. 我手下雇有200多个人。He was in the～of the government. 他在政府里供职。The agent was in the～of a foreign country. 那间谍受雇于某外国。Mr Martin is no longer in～. 马丁先生已经没有工作了。Why did he leave your～? 他为什么要放弃在你这儿的工作? He has been out of～for more than a year. 他失业已经一年多了。〖同〗 service，employment，hire; 〖反〗 discharge，dismissal，unemployment;

→ em′ployable adj 能使用的，适于雇用的;͵employa′bility n 可使用性͵emplo′yee n 雇员;em′ployer n 雇主; em′ployment n 雇用，就业;

【辨异】 1) employ和hire都表示雇用并支付工资。employ表示在工作上有某种固定性及尊严，如：The mill employs a thousand workers. (这家工厂雇有1000名工人。) hire 是个常用词，有临时雇用之意，如： We hired a driver to take us on a tour of the city. (我们雇了一个司机带我们游览这座城市。) 2) employed与busy和occupied的区别见BUSY。