hire

【发音】

美 /'haɪɚ/ 英 /'haɪə/

【翻译】

1. v.雇佣

   英释:to employ someone for a short time to do a particular job

【短语】

1. for hire : 供出租

2. hire purchase : n. 分期付款购买

3. on hire : 出租的；雇用

4. hire in : 接受雇用并开始工作

5. hire out : 出租；受雇

6. car hire : 汽车出租；租车处

【例句】

1. Employers hire skilled people on fixed-term contracts.

   雇主以签订固定期限的合同来雇用有技能的人。

【真题例句】

1. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Unemployed boomers are at a disadvantage in job-hunting because employers tend to hire younger workers...

2. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...If it has to hire a caregiver for every two children...

3. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...where centers must hire one teacher for every five infants...

4. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...where childcare centers must hire one teacher for every three infants...

5. (2011.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...I had to hire another cook and four waitresses...

6. (2011.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...A third prefer to hire those with a STEM-related subject...

【同、近义词】

1. n.雇用，租用；租金，工钱

   employment/rental/letting/

2. vt.雇用；出租

   rent/employ/

3. vi.雇用，租用；受雇

   take on/

【同根词】

1. adj

   hireling : 被雇用的；为金钱工作的

2. n

   hireling : 雇员；给钱就听人使唤者

   hirer : 雇主，租借者