employ
单词辨析：
指短期雇用某人，在美国英语中则不强调期限。
She was planning to hire a detective.
她打算雇一个侦探。
That company has never hired any foreign workers.
那家公司从未雇用过任何外国工人。
较正式用词，一般指正规机构、大公司等聘用职员。
The company employed about 10 men.
这家公司雇用了大约10个人。
She is employed as a manager.
她被聘为经理。
相关例句：
We employ friendly and knowledgeable staff.
我们雇佣友善的、在行的员工。
The government counted 27,600,000 employed persons in West Germany.
据政府统计，西德当时的就业人数为2,760万人。
The journalists would be much better employed in trying to explain to us how the astronomical legal costs 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。
Because of the legislation I could not employ a woman. Women have made themselves unemployable. They have scored an own goal.
因为这项立法，我不能雇用女职员。妇女使得自己没法被人雇用，她们搬起石头砸了自己的脚。
More than 3,000 local workers are employed in the tourism industry
3,000余名当地人受雇于旅游业。
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。