hired

英 [ˈhaɪəd]

美 [ˈhaɪərd]

v.  租用; 租借; 聘用; 录用; 雇用; 临时雇用
hire的过去分词和过去式

过去式：hired　过去分词：hired　

BNC.11533 / COCA.8733

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

adj

• hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
  1. a chartered plane
  2. the chartered buses arrived on time
  Synonym:charteredleased
• having services engaged for a fee
  1. hired hands
  2. a hired gun

双语例句

• Both women had hired illegal aliens for child care
  两个女人都曾雇过非法入境者照看孩子。
• Marks& Spencer recently hired model Linda Evangelista to launch its new range.
  玛莎百货最近聘请模特儿琳达·埃万杰利斯塔为其发布新系列产品。
• The company hired the President's special trade representative to lobby Mr. Pierce.
  公司雇用了总统的特别商业顾问去游说皮尔斯先生。
• They hired many people now.
  他们雇用了很多人。
• The hired carriage was dismissed.
  雇来的马车被打发走了。
• They hired eight college graduates to start work after the college year ends in March.
  他们聘用了8名大学毕业生，他们将于3月份毕业后开始工作。
• He hired out his donkey cart to the tourists.
  他把自己的驴车租给旅游者。
• When a play finishes its run, many of the costumes are hired out to amateur dramatics companies and schools.
  一部戏剧连演结束后，很多服装都会租借给业余剧团和学校。
• He has hired a lawyer to defend him against the allegations
  他已聘请了一位律师针对这些指控为自己辩护。
• All the managerial personnel at the factory are hired on contract.
  工厂所有管理人员都是聘用的。