詞彙精選:hire的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
租金,工錢
例句:
The boy is worth his hire because he is a hard worker.
給男孩那些工錢是值得的,因爲他幹活很賣力。
【英】租借,租用,租賃 [U]
v.
【英】租用,租借 [T]
例句:
You can hire a bicycle by the hour to go around the city.
你可以按鐘點租輛自行車在城裏觀光。
例句:
We hire out our vans by the day, ie at a cost of a certain amount per day.
我們按日出租客貨車(按日計租).
【美】聘用,錄用
例句:
It is not efficient to hire poorly trained workers.
僱用未經嚴格訓練的工人會妨礙工作效率。
例句:
Employers are being encouraged to hire disabled workers.
僱主受鼓勵僱用殘廢的工人。
臨時僱傭 [T]
例句:
They hire a large number of part-timers by the day at the store.
那家商店以日薪僱用了大批的兼職人員。
例句:
Couples who are very busy sometimes hire a wedding planner to help them with their preparations.
非常忙碌的夫婦有時會僱用一位婚禮籌劃者來幫他們準備。
二、詞義辨析:
hire,lease,rent,let,charter
這些動詞均含“租,租用”之意。hire多指短期租用。在英國一般指租用車、船。lease指按照租約租出或租用房屋、土地或其它不動產。rent在英國指較長時間租出或租入房屋、商店或土地;而在美國指長時間或短時期租用各種資產以及日用東西。let尤指出租房屋或地產等。charter指承租大型運輸工具,如飛機、輪船、大客車以及火車等。
三、詞義辨析:
hire,employ,engage
這些動詞均含“僱用”之意。hire普通用詞,常指短期或長期僱用某人從事某一特定工作或一次性的工作,含強調爲薪金而工作的意味。employ正式用詞,側重受僱者雖爲薪金而工作,但工作固定共享有相當尊嚴。engage可與hire換用,特指僱用專業人員。
四、相關短語:
hire out
出租
一、參考例句:
Humans hire humans.
招聘的實質是“看人”。
Whichcandidate will you hire
你會聘用哪一位呢?
I think we should hire her immediately.
我認爲我們應該馬上聘用她。
They hire out beach umbrellas to surfers.
他們出租沙灘遮陽傘給衝浪者。
Did you let me hire a pervert?
你居然讓我僱一個變態?
You need to hire some skilled labour.
你得僱傭熟練工人。
They hire out boats by the hour.
他們按小時出租小船。
Can't afford to hire a sitter
僱不起保姆?
They don't want to hire inexperienced worker.
他們不想聘用沒有經驗的工人。
Is there a mini for hire at the airport?
在空港有沒有微型汽車出租?