hire,employ与rent这三个词都有“租用;雇佣”之意.hire是日常用语,指按工作量计酬的雇佣人手;employ则多指商店或公司长期雇佣人手;rent一般指租借房屋、地产(租借出去).例如:He hired a truck to help him in moving to his new home.他租了一辆卡车帮他搬家.The company employs fifty people.这个公司雇佣了五十人.The room rents at(for)$5 a week.这个房间每星期租金5美元.
employ employ: [ im'pl�0�0i ] 雇用,使用 [ 形容词employable ] [ 名词employability ] [ 过去式employed 过去分词employed 现在分词employing 第三人称单数employs ] 例句与用法 1. The police had to employ force to break up the crowd. 警察不得不使用武力驱散人群。 2. The children were employed in weeding the garden. 孩子们忙着给花园除草。 3. Our company employed about one hundred people. 我们公司雇佣了大约一百人。 4. He has fifteen workers in his employ . 他雇佣的工人有十五名。