hire
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they hire | |
| he / she / it hires | |
| past simple hired | |
| past participle hired | |
| -ing form hiring |
- [transitive, intransitive] hire (somebody)
to give somebody a job 聘用；錄用；僱用 She was hired three years ago. 她是三年前錄用的。 The government is encouraging employers to hire disabled people. 政府鼓勵僱主僱用殘疾人。 He does the hiring and firing in our company. 他在我們公司負責員工的聘用和辭退。 We’re not hiring right now. 目前我們不招聘員工。
CollocationsJobs 工作 Jobs 職業 Getting a job 找工作 - look for work
找工作 - look for/apply for/go for a job
找工作；申請一個職位；努力爭取工作 - get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (British English) fill in an application (form)
得到／拿到／完成／填寫申請（表） - send/email your (British English) CV/(North American English) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
寄／通過電郵發送簡歷／申請／申請表／附函 - be called for/have/attend an interview
被要求參加／有／參加面試 - offer somebody a job/work/employment/promotion
給某人提供一份工作；僱用某人；提拔某人 - find/get/land a job
找到工作 - employ/ (especially North American English) hire/recruit/ (especially British English) take on staff/workers/trainees
僱用員工／工人／實習生 - recruit/appoint a manager
招聘／任命經理
Doing a job 做工作 - arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
上／下班；到辦公室／工廠上班；從辦公室／工廠下班 - start/finish work/your shift
開始／結束工作／輪班工作時間 - do/put in/work overtime
加班 - have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
擁有／獲得／缺乏／需要經驗／資格 - do/get/have/receive training
做／得到／接受培訓 - learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
學習／偶然學會／提高／發展技能 - cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
應付／勉力完成／分擔／分攤工作量 - improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
達到更好的工作與生活的平衡 - have (no) job satisfaction/job security
有／沒有工作滿足感／職業保障
Building a career 建立職業生涯 - have a job/work/a career/a vocation
有工作／事業／職業 - find/follow/pursue/ (especially North American English) live (out) your vocation
找到／從事／致力於／實踐適合自己的職業 - enter/go into/join a profession
加入一個行業 - choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
選擇／從事／開始／致力於一種職業 - change jobs/profession/career
換工作／行業／職業 - be/ (both especially British English) work/go freelance
做自由職業 - do/take on temp work/freelance work
做／開始從事臨時工作／特約工作 - do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
做／從事／參與義務性工作
Leaving your job 離職 - leave/ (especially North American English) quit/resign from your job
離職；辭職 - give up work/your job/your career
放棄工作／事業 - hand in your notice/resignation
遞交辭呈 - plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
計劃／預計六月／明年等退休 - take early retirement
提前退休
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb1The entire workforce was laid off and a fresh one promptly hired. 辭退了全體員工，馬上又僱用了一批新人。 Who is responsible for hiring and firing around here? 誰負責這裏員工的聘用和辭退啊？ We only want to hire permanent staff. 我們只想僱傭固定員工。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- by the day
- can/can’t afford to
- hire and fire
- [transitive] hire somebody/something
to employ somebody for a short time to do a particular job 臨時僱用 to hire a lawyer/detective 僱傭律師/偵探 They hired a firm of consultants to design the new system. 他們請了一家咨詢公司來設計新的系統。 Workers were hired by the day. 工人們是按天僱用的。 - hire somebody as something
She was hired by the campaign as a foreign-policy adviser. 她被競選團隊聘爲外交政策顧問。 - hire yourself somebody
You will need to hire yourself an accountant and a lawyer. 你需要給自己僱一名會計師和一名律師。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb1His killer was a 16-year-old hired assassin. 兇手是一名16歲的僱傭殺手。 The television studio couldn't afford to hire a top-notch cast. 電視台演播室僱不起一流的演播陣容。 When I bought my first house I hired an interior decorator. 當我買第一棟房子時，我請了一個室内裝潢師。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- by the day
- can/can’t afford to
- hire and fire
- [transitive] (especially British English)
to pay money to borrow something for a short time 租用；租借 - hire something
to hire a room/studio 租用房間/工作室 - hire something from somebody
We hired a car from a local firm. 我們從當地一家公司租了一輛車。
Homophones higher | hirehigher hire- higher (high)
Asparagus grows faster at higher temperatures. 蘆筍在更高的溫度下生長得更快。
- hire verb
Can we hire a car here? 我們能在這裏租車嗎？
- hire noun
Look! There are rowing boats for hire on the lake! 快看！湖上有出租的劃艇！
British/American rent / hire / letrent / hire / letverbs- You can hire something for a short period of time, (British English only) but rent something for a longer period:
短期租用可用 hire（僅用於英式英語），較長時間的租用則用 rent： We can hire bikes for a day to explore the town. 我們可租用自行車一天來遊覽這城鎮。 We don’t own our TV, we rent it. 我們沒有自己的電視機，這是租的。
- In North American English, rent is always used. It is sometimes now used in British English instead of hire, too.
- The owners of a thing can hire it out for a short period:
- (British English)
Do you hire out bikes? 你們出租自行車嗎？
出租房屋等可用 rent (out)/let (out)： We rent out rooms in our house to students. 我們把住宅裏的房間出租給學生。
- (British English)
- Outside a building you could see:
- (British English)
在建築物外可看到： To let 招租 - (especially North American English)
For rent. 招租
- (British English)
- To hire can also mean to employ somebody, especially in North American English:
We hired a new secretary. 我們僱了一名新秘書。
Nouns 名詞 - The amount of money that you pay to rent something is rent or rental (more formal). When you hire something you pay a hire charge (British English). On a sign outside a shop you might see:
- (British English)
Bikes for hire. 出租自行車
- (British English)
Extra ExamplesBicycles can be hired from several local shops. 自行車在好幾家當地店鋪都可以租到。 Ski equipment can be hired locally. 滑雪器材可以在當地租用。 What's the cost of hiring by the day? 按日租的話多少錢？ It may be possible to borrow rather than hire the tools. 可能是借工具而不是租工具。 There's a place where you can hire bikes for the day. 有個地方可以租自行車用一天。 They hired a room above a pub for the wedding reception. 他們在酒館樓上租了一個房間辦婚宴。 We hired a car and drove down the coast to Pesaro. 我們租了一輛車，沿着海岸駛向佩薩羅。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- by the day, week, etc.
- locally
- from
- hire something
Word OriginOld English hȳrian ‘employ someone for wages’, hȳr ‘payment under contract for the use of something’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch huren (verb), huur (noun).