employment

profession, job, occupation, trade, vocation, career, work, employment

名词 employment:

1. the state of being employed or having a job
   同义词：employ
2. the occupation for which you are paid
   同义词：work
3. the act of giving someone a job
   同义词：engagement
4. the act of using
   同义词：use, usage, utilization, utilisation, exercise

1. The government made an investigation of the employment in the public and private sectors.
   政府对国营和私营部门的就业情况作了一次调查。
2. She is looking for permanent employment.
   她正在找固定的工作。
3. A degree is prerequisite for employment at this level.
   必须具备大专院校的学位才能从事这一级的工作。
4. I got this job through an employment agency.
   我通过职业介绍所找到了这份工作。
5. He enrolled with an employment agency for a secretary.
   他在职业介绍所登记要当秘书。
6. Dictionary-making has not been his exclusive employment.
   编字典一直都不是他唯一的工作。
7. He is out of employment.
   他失业了。

em.ploy.ment

n.（名词）

The act of employing.
雇佣：雇佣的行为
The state of being employed.
被雇佣的状态
The work in which one is engaged; occupation.
某人所从事的工作；职业
An activity to which one devotes time.
（某人）从事的活动：某人所投入时间的活动
The percentage or number of people gainfully employed:
就业率，受雇人数：受雇百分比或人数：
例句：
.a vicious spiral of rising prices under full employment.(William Henry Beveridge)
.在就业饱和的情况下，价格上涨恶性循环.(威廉·亨利·贝弗里奇)

n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用于修饰另一个名词：
例句：
employment opportunities; employment counselors.
就业机会；就业咨询者