employ

vt

• ① 雇用
  • They employ six waiters.他们雇用六名侍者。
  • The factory employs about 500 men.该工厂雇用五百人左右。
  • He is employed in a bank [at a steel mill].他在一家银行[钢铁厂]任职。
  • They employed him as a research assistant.他们雇用他为研究助理。

• ② 【文】使用,利用(★一般用use)
  • He employed different techniques in his new painting.他在他的新书中使用了不同的技巧。
  • He employed a new method to solve the problem.他用一项新方法去解决那个问题。
  • He employed a stone as a weapon.他利用一块石头当武器。

• ③ 【文】花费(时间、精力等)(于…)<in, on, for>
  • She employed her free time in sewing.她花空闲时间于缝纫。

• ④[employ oneself]【文】使从事(★或用被动式; in 亦有省略者)
  • In the evening, he employed himself in writing.在晚上,他勤于写作。
  • He was employed in cleaning the bathroom.他忙于清洗浴室。