employ

雇う、雇用する

お金を払って、自分のために人に働いてもらうこと。

やさしい英語で： If you employ someone, you pay them to work for you.

• The shop employs five people.
• They employed me as a driver.
• Does your company employ students during the summer?

使い方： employ someone as something (The hotel employs her as a cook.); employ someone to do something (We employed someone to clean the office.)

類義語： hire, take on

反対語： dismiss, fire

よく使う表現： employ someone, employ staff, employ someone full time

使う、用いる

目的を達成するために、方法や道具、人を活用すること。

やさしい英語で： To use a method, tool, or person to achieve something.

• We employ several methods.
• She employed humour to calm the audience.
• Which techniques did they employ in the study?

使い方： employ something to do something (The researchers employed cameras to track the birds.); employ something in doing something (They employed new tools in analysing the data.)

類義語： use, utilize

よく使う表現： employ a method, employ a technique, employ a strategy

雇用、勤務

給料を受けて誰かのもとで働いている状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of working for someone who pays you, usually in the phrase 'in someone's employ'.

• He is in my employ.
• She left the company's employ last spring.
• Several gardeners were in the family's employ.

使い方： in someone's employ (She remained in their employ for ten years.)

類義語： employment, service

よく使う表現： in someone's employ, leave someone's employ