hire

英 [ˈhaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈhaɪər]

v.  租用; 租借; 聘用; 录用; 雇用; 临时雇用
n.  租借; 租用; 租赁; 新雇员; 新员工

过去分词：hired　过去式：hired　现在分词：hiring　第三人称单数：hires　复数：hires　

高考CET4CET6考研IELTSBEC

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3488 / COCA.1491

短语动词

短语用例

hire sth↔out

• 出租某物
  to let sb use sth for a short time, in return for payment
  1. to hire a car/room/video
     租汽车 / 房间 / 录像带

hire yourself out (to sb)

• 为（某人）工作；受聘于；受雇于
  to arrange to work for sb
  1. to hire a lawyer
     聘请律师
  2. They hired a firm of consultants to design the new system.
     他们请了一家咨询公司来设计新的系统。

习惯用语

n.

ply for hire/trade/business
• 招徕顾客；等生意
  to look for customers, passengers, etc. in order to do business
• taxis plying for hire outside the theatre
  在剧院外招揽乘客的出租车

牛津词典

verb

• 租用；租借
  to pay money to borrow sth for a short time
  1. to hire a car/room/video
     租汽车 / 房间 / 录像带
• 聘用；录用；雇用
  to give sb a job
  1. She was hired three years ago.
     她是三年前录用的。
  2. He does the hiring and firing in our company.
     他在我们公司负责员工的聘用和辞退。
• 临时雇用
  to employ sb for a short time to do a particular job
  1. to hire a lawyer
     聘请律师
  2. They hired a firm of consultants to design the new system.
     他们请了一家咨询公司来设计新的系统。

noun

• 租借；租用；租赁
  the act of paying to use sth for a short time
  1. bicycles for hire , £2 an hour
     自行车出租，每小时2英镑
  2. a hire car
     供租用的汽车
  3. a car hire firm
     汽车出租公司
  4. The price includes the hire of the hall.
     费用包括礼堂租金。
  5. The costumes are on hire from the local theatre.
     戏装可向本地剧院租用。
• 新雇员；新员工
  a person who has recently been given a job by a company

柯林斯词典

• VERB 雇用
  If youhiresomeone, you employ them or pay them to do a particular job for you.
  1. Sixteen of the contestants have hired lawyers and are suing the organisers...
     有16名参赛者已经请了律师，正在起诉主办方。
  2. The rest of the staff have been hired on short-term contracts...
     其余的工作人员签的是短期雇用合同。
  3. He will be in charge of all hiring and firing at PHA.
     他将负责公共房产管理局所有人员的雇用和解聘事务。
  4. ...the mystery assassin (who turned out to be a hired killer).
     神秘刺客（最终被证实是一名雇用杀手）
• VERB （短期）租用
  If youhiresomething, you pay money to the owner so that you can use it for a period of time.
  1. To hire a car you must produce a passport and a current driving licence...
     租车须出示护照及有效驾照。
  2. Her hired car was found abandoned at Beachy Head.
     她那辆租来的车被发现遗弃在比奇角。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 rent


• N-UNCOUNT 租赁（业）;出租（业务）
  You usehireto refer to the activity or business of hiring something.
  1. They booked our hotel, and organised car hire...
     他们为我们订好了旅馆并安排了租车事宜。
  2. Hire of skis, boots and clothing, is all available.
     滑雪板、滑雪靴和滑雪服皆有出租。
  3. ...a day's outing by hire car to the southern coast of Crete.
     赴克里特南部海滨租车一日游

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 rental


• PHRASE 供出租;待租
  If something isfor hire, it is available for you to hire.
  1. Fishing tackle is available for hire.
     有钓具可供出租。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 for rent


Do not confusehire,rent, andlet. In British English, if you pay a sum of money to use something for a short time, you say that youhireit. In American English, it is more common to say that yourentit.He was unable to hire another car... He rented a car for the weekend.If you make a series of payments to use something for a long time, you say that yourentit....the apartment he had rented... He rented a TV.You can say that yourenta house or room to someone when they pay you money to live there.We rented our house to an American professor.You can also say that youleta house or room to someone.They were letting a room to a school teacher.
不要混淆hire, rent和let。表示短期租用某物时，英国英语用hire，而美国英语则更常用rent。如，He was unable to hire another car（他没钱再多租一辆车了），He rented a car for the weekend（他租了辆车度周末）。表示长期租用某物并分期支付费用时，要用rent，如，the apartment he had rented（他租住的公寓），He rented a TV（他租了台电视机）。也可以用rent表示将房子或房间租给别人住并收取租金，如，We rented our house to an American professor（我们把房子租给了一位美国教授）。出租房子或房间也可用let，如，They were letting a room to a school teacher（他们把一个房间租给了一名老师）。

英英释义

noun

• the act of hiring something or someone
  1. he signed up for a week's car hire
• a newly hired employee
  1. the new hires need special training

verb

• engage for service under a term of contract
  1. We took an apartment on a quiet street
  2. Let's rent a car
  3. Shall we take a guide in Rome?
  Synonym:leaserentcharterengagetake
• engage or hire for work
  1. They hired two new secretaries in the department
  2. How many people has she employed?
  Synonym:engageemploy
• hold under a lease or rental agreement
  Synonym:rentcharterlease

双语例句

• There are three small boats available for hire
  有3艘小船可供出租。
• The rest of the staff have been hired on short-term contracts
  其余的工作人员签的是短期雇用合同。
• It will probably work out cheaper to hire a van and move your own things.
  租一辆面包车自己搬的话，算起来可能要更省钱些。
• When his prospective employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn't hire him.
  本有可能雇用他的老板们得知他吸烟后，说他们不会雇他。
• It became increasingly expensive to hire casual workers.
  雇用临时工越来越贵了。
• He will be in charge of all hiring and firing at PHA.
  他将负责公共房产管理局所有人员的雇用和解聘事务。
• The brothers chip in a certain amount of money each month to hire a home health aide.
  兄弟几个每个月凑一笔钱，请了一个家庭护理。
• The Budapest office plans to hire freelance reporters to cover the latest happenings.
  布达佩斯办事处计划聘用自由撰稿记者来报道最近发生的一些事件。
• Skis are available for hire on a daily basis.
  雪橇可以按天租用。
• The accommodation is some distance from the clubhouse, so a hire car comes in useful.
  住处离会所有一段距离，所以租一辆车会很有用。