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词汇 employment
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Definition of employment in English:

employment

noun ɪmˈplɔɪm(ə)ntɛmˈplɔɪm(ə)ntəmˈplɔɪmənt
mass noun
  • 1The state of having paid work.

    就业;受雇

    a fall in the numbers in full-time employment

    全职雇员的减少。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He continued that structures were needed to provide full-time employment for young people and also summer jobs.
    • But does this responsibility not also extend to parents in paid employment?
    • Reasonableness may also require the employer to offer suitable alternative employment if appropriate.
    • Niche markets for undergraduates are important in providing employment opportunities.
    • But why do we think it beyond the capabilities of students to take on paid employment while studying?
    • The burden could grow exponentially as the female participation rate in paid employment escalates.
    • The course was specifically aimed at individuals with a genuine interest in securing full-time employment in the retail sector.
    • Was the solution to improve the conditions of women's paid employment?
    • The husband argues that the wife has had sufficient time to secure meaningful full time employment.
    • Only once did he seriously seek fulltime employment outside New Haven.
    • Apparently, I had a tax liability relating to my second period of employment with this employer.
    • The parent must have completed one year's continuous employment with their employer to qualify for parental leave.
    • She is currently seeking alternative employment in Scotland to coincide with her move north.
    • An employer, in the absence of just cause, remains free to terminate the employment of an employee.
    • His efforts to obtain employment in the financial sector were undocumented and few.
    • The number of people in paid employment has more or less doubled since 1990.
    • Traditionally, large Japanese companies have provided lifetime employment for their more valued employees in return for lifetime loyalty.
    • And with these openings come employment opportunities for school leavers.
    • We laughed as I recalled my first week of employment in the industry.
    • The new element in the Australian family situation is maternal employment.
    1. 1.1 The action of giving work to someone.
      雇用
      the employment of a full-time tutor

      雇用一个全职家庭教师。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Interviews must be conducted with care and an understanding of employment discrimination laws.
      • There was also a positive change in employment of young people below 30 registered over the month.
      • We recommend also that the members resolve to consider the employment of a full-time solicitor.
      Synonyms
      hiring, hire, engagement, engaging, taking on, signing up, enrolment, enrolling, commissioning, enlisting
      apprenticing
    2. 1.2count noun A person's trade or profession.
      职业,工作
      he travelled in a variety of employments
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The advantages of these alternative employments over domestic service were obvious: wages were higher, conditions better, and independence enhanced.
      • We have seen how modern industry always tends to the substitution of the simpler and more subordinate employments for the higher and more complex ones.
      • There has also been a massive industrialisation of some of the traditional employments in the region, particularly the fishing industry with its canneries.
      • An employee may combine years of pensionable service from his or her current employment with that from previous employments, if the previous pension benefits have been transferred to the current employer's scheme.
      • But at least for some, such employments usually result in frustration.
      • The first is that women freely choose to enter these jobs, and the second is that these sweatshop jobs are better than the alternative employments available to women in developing economies.
      • If an individual's incapacity prevents him from aspiring to a normal range of employments, he is treated as permanently incapacitated.
      • After running for state legislature and losing, he took up a variety of employments, from blacksmith to shop keeper.
      • This means trading and professional income together with income from non-pensionable employments.
      • He obtained a variety of employments but continued to suffer flashbacks and night terrors and to drink heavily.
      • Psychological tests, widely used in a variety of sensitive employments, would be deemed forbidden by the Constitution if a judge thought them ‘unreasonable.’
      • Certain people move into occupations, environments, employments, that actually bring out certain aspects of leadership.
      • It may well be the case that the programmes have delivered industrial peace in the public sector and in unionised employments in the private sector, but at what price?
      Synonyms
      job, post, position, situation, day job, occupation, profession, trade, livelihood, career, business, line, line of work, calling, vocation, craft, pursuit
      work, labour, service
      French métier
      informal racket, game
      archaic employ
  • 2The utilization of something.

    应用,使用

    economies can be made by the full employment of existing facilities

    充分利用现有设施就可以实现节约。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Understanding these benefits and limitations is critical to the proper employment of space forces.
    • Not only does fortification preserves their combat potential but also improves combat employment of weapons and equipment.
    • World War II offers ample material for a study of the combat employment of mountain troops.
    • The authoritarian populism of Thatcher and Reagan were two such successful employments of neo-liberalism by politicians on the right.
    Synonyms
    use, utilization, implementation, application, exercise
    putting into operation

Definition of employment in US English:

employment

nounəmˈplɔɪməntəmˈploimənt
  • 1The condition of having paid work.

    就业;受雇

    a fall in the numbers in full-time employment

    全职雇员的减少。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Reasonableness may also require the employer to offer suitable alternative employment if appropriate.
    • The new element in the Australian family situation is maternal employment.
    • She is currently seeking alternative employment in Scotland to coincide with her move north.
    • But why do we think it beyond the capabilities of students to take on paid employment while studying?
    • The number of people in paid employment has more or less doubled since 1990.
    • The husband argues that the wife has had sufficient time to secure meaningful full time employment.
    • Was the solution to improve the conditions of women's paid employment?
    • An employer, in the absence of just cause, remains free to terminate the employment of an employee.
    • The course was specifically aimed at individuals with a genuine interest in securing full-time employment in the retail sector.
    • He continued that structures were needed to provide full-time employment for young people and also summer jobs.
    • His efforts to obtain employment in the financial sector were undocumented and few.
    • Only once did he seriously seek fulltime employment outside New Haven.
    • We laughed as I recalled my first week of employment in the industry.
    • Niche markets for undergraduates are important in providing employment opportunities.
    • Traditionally, large Japanese companies have provided lifetime employment for their more valued employees in return for lifetime loyalty.
    • But does this responsibility not also extend to parents in paid employment?
    • The parent must have completed one year's continuous employment with their employer to qualify for parental leave.
    • And with these openings come employment opportunities for school leavers.
    • The burden could grow exponentially as the female participation rate in paid employment escalates.
    • Apparently, I had a tax liability relating to my second period of employment with this employer.
    1. 1.1 A person's trade or profession.
      职业,工作
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After running for state legislature and losing, he took up a variety of employments, from blacksmith to shop keeper.
      • An employee may combine years of pensionable service from his or her current employment with that from previous employments, if the previous pension benefits have been transferred to the current employer's scheme.
      • Psychological tests, widely used in a variety of sensitive employments, would be deemed forbidden by the Constitution if a judge thought them ‘unreasonable.’
      • We have seen how modern industry always tends to the substitution of the simpler and more subordinate employments for the higher and more complex ones.
      • But at least for some, such employments usually result in frustration.
      • The advantages of these alternative employments over domestic service were obvious: wages were higher, conditions better, and independence enhanced.
      • This means trading and professional income together with income from non-pensionable employments.
      • The first is that women freely choose to enter these jobs, and the second is that these sweatshop jobs are better than the alternative employments available to women in developing economies.
      • Certain people move into occupations, environments, employments, that actually bring out certain aspects of leadership.
      • If an individual's incapacity prevents him from aspiring to a normal range of employments, he is treated as permanently incapacitated.
      • There has also been a massive industrialisation of some of the traditional employments in the region, particularly the fishing industry with its canneries.
      • He obtained a variety of employments but continued to suffer flashbacks and night terrors and to drink heavily.
      • It may well be the case that the programmes have delivered industrial peace in the public sector and in unionised employments in the private sector, but at what price?
      Synonyms
      job, post, position, situation, day job, occupation, profession, trade, livelihood, career, business, line, line of work, calling, vocation, craft, pursuit
    2. 1.2 The action of giving work to someone.
      雇用
      the employment of a full-time tutor

      雇用一个全职家庭教师。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We recommend also that the members resolve to consider the employment of a full-time solicitor.
      • Interviews must be conducted with care and an understanding of employment discrimination laws.
      • There was also a positive change in employment of young people below 30 registered over the month.
      Synonyms
      hiring, hire, engagement, engaging, taking on, signing up, enrolment, enrolling, commissioning, enlisting
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