资料来源 : pyDict
U雇用;使用,利用;工作,职业
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Employment \Em*ploy"ment\, n.
1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being
employed.
2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time
or attention; office or post of business; service; as,
agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public
employments; in the employment of government.
Cares are employments, and without employ The soul
is on a rack. --Young.
Syn: Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office;
service; commission; trade; profession.
资料来源 : WordNet®
employment
n 1: the state of being employed or having a job; "they are
looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the
city" [syn: {employ}] [ant: {unemployment}]
2: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for
employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" [syn: {work}]
3: the act of giving someone a job [syn: {engagement}]
4: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic
drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: {use},
{usage}, {utilization}, {utilisation}, {exercise}]