今日单词 |
employer |
n. 雇主，老板; 雇佣者; |
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形近词
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employ |
vt. 雇用; 使用，利用; n. 受雇; 服务; 工作; |
employee |
n. 雇工，雇员，职工; |
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employment |
n. 雇用; 使用; 职业; 有益的活动; |
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unemployed |
adj. 被解雇的; 失业的; 未用的; n. 失业者; |
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explorer |
n. 探险家;勘探者; 探测器; [医]探针; | |
近义词 |
boss；director |
employer
英 [ɪmˈplɔɪə(r)] 美 [ɪmˈplɔɪər]
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n. 雇主，老板; 雇佣者;
词根：employ雇佣+er施动者→employer
① (N-COUNT) 雇主;雇用者
Your employer is theperson or organization that you work for.
● He had been sent toRome by his employer...
他已被老板派往罗马。
● The telephone companyis the country's largest employer.
这家电话公司是该国最大的用工单位。
形近词：
1、employ
英 [ɪmˈplɔɪ] 美[ɛmˈplɔɪ]
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vt. 雇用;使用，利用;
n. 受雇;服务; 工作;
词根：em在…里+ploy折叠→employ→投入，雇佣
① (VERB) 雇用
If a person or companyemploys you, they pay you to work for them.
● The company employs 18staff...
公司雇用了18名员工。
● More than 3,000 localworkers are employed in the tourism industry...
3,000余名当地人受雇于旅游业。
② (VERB) 使用;采用
If you employ certain methods, materials, or expressions, you use them.
● The tactics the policeare now to employ are definitely uncompromising.
警方目前即将采取的策略明显很强硬。
● ...the vocabulary thatshe employs.
她使用的词汇
③ (VERB) 利用，花费（时间）
If your time is employed in doing something, you are using the time you have to do that thing.
● Your time could be usefully employed in attending to professional matters...
你可以有效地利用时间处理一些专业问题。
● The journalists would be much better employed in trying to explain to us how the astronomical legalcosts of the cases can be justified.
记者们最好花时间向我们说明为什么诉讼费高得惊人。
④ (PHRASE) 受雇于
If you are in the employ of someone or something, you work for them.
● Others hinted that hewas in the employ of the KGB...
其他人暗示他受雇于克格勃。
● Those in his employwere careful never to enrage him.
在他手底下干活的人都非常小心绝不去触怒他。
2、employee
英 [ɪmˈplɔɪi:] 美[ɪmˈplɔɪi]
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n. 雇工，雇员，职工;
词根：employ雇佣+ee人→employee雇员
① (N-COUNT) 雇员;受雇者
An employee is a person who is paid to work for an organization or for another person.
● He is an employee ofFuji Bank...
他是富士银行的雇员。
● Many of its employeesare women.
很多雇员是女性。
3、employment
英 [ɪmˈplɔɪmənt] 美 [ɛmˈplɔɪmənt]
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n. 雇用; 使用; 职业; 有益的活动;
词根：employ雇佣+ment名词后缀→employment雇佣
①(N-UNCOUNT) 就业;在职
Employment is the fact of having a paid job.
●She was unable to find employment...
她没能找到工作。
●He regularly drove from his home to his place of employment.
他定期开车往返于家和工作地点之间。
②(N-UNCOUNT) 雇用
Employment is the fact of employing someone.
●...the employment of children under nine.
对不满9岁的儿童的雇用
③(N-UNCOUNT) 工作;职业
Employment is the work that is available in a country or area.
●...economic policies designed to secure full employment.
旨在确保充分就业的经济政策
4、unemployed
英 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd] 美[ˌʌnɛmˈplɔɪd]
TOEFL
adj. 被解雇的;失业的; 不在使用中的; 未用的;
n. 失业者;
词根：un未+employ雇佣+ed…的→unemployed失业的，未被利用的
① (ADJ) 未受雇用的；失业的
Someone who is unemployed does not have a job.
● The problem is millionsof people are unemployed...
问题是，大批的人都失业了。
● This workshop helps young unemployed people in Grimsby...
该研习班会帮助格里姆斯比的失业青年。
5、explorer
英 [ɪkˈsplɔ:rə(r)] 美[ɪkˈsplɔrɚ, -ˈsplor-]
TOEFL
n. 探险家;勘探者; 探测器; [医]探针;
词根：explor=explore探索+er表示人→探险家
① (N-COUNT) 探险家;探险者
An explorer is someone who travels to places about which very little is known,in order to discover what is there.