[transitive] to give sb a job to do for payment雇用◆How many people does the company employ?这家公司雇用了多少人？◆For the past three years he has been employed as a systems analyst.过去三年来，他一直受雇当系统分析员。◆The number of people employed in manufacturing has fallen.受雇于制造业的人数已经下降。◆IT workers employed to install new computer systems受雇来安装新计算机系统的信息技术人员 (formal) to use sth such as a skill, method, etc. for a particular purpose使用；利用◆the accounting practices employed by large companies大公司采用的会计惯例to recruit sb – * recruit 指聘用：Many businesses are having trouble recruiting workers with adequate skills. 许多企业难以聘到具有适当技能的工人。to hire sb (especially NAmE) – * hire 指雇用（尤用于美式英语）：If you want to keep growing, hire more salespeople. 若想不断扩展业务，就要雇用更多的销售人员。to take on sb – * take on sb 也指雇用：She was taken on as a trainee last year. 她去年获聘为实习生。to appoint sb – * appoint 指任命：A new head of the Environment Agency was appointed last year. 去年新任命了一位环境署署长。to headhunt sb – * headhunt 指猎头：He was headhunted by a major US law firm. 他给一家大型美国律师事务所挖走了。  ➡  See note at dismiss 参见 dismiss。