"employ" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

employ verbo

employ + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 98
employ techniques • employ methods • employ several people • employ several workers • employ several staff • employ several men • ...
verbo + employ
Kolokacji: 3
continue to employ • report employing • begin employing
employ + preposición
Kolokacji: 31
employed by • employed in • employed against • employed during • employed at • ...
employ + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 75
commonly employed • frequently employed • directly employed • later employed • once employed • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 18
(3) directly, indirectly
Kolokacji: 2
(5) once, formerly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) generally, fully, worldwide
Kolokacji: 3
(8) regularly, steadily
Kolokacji: 2
2. happily employed = radośnie zatrudnić happily employed
3. profitably employed = z zyskiem zatrudnić profitably employed
  • However, the experience gained in construction work would be valuable, and the time could be profitably employed In fitting the right men into the right places.
  • Additional resources are also attracted into production and can be profitably employed.
  • Afterwards, though the boat continued to be profitably employed, somehow or other all her earnings were consumed in repairs, &c., and for several years I never received a penny for my shares.
  • Though he was profitably employed as a professional model, he has stated that he was generally dissatisfied with his identity and existence, and "was not loving life".
  • Capital that cannot be profitably employed is used for share buybacks.
  • This excellent powder is dissolved in a moist place into a liquid which is profitably employed as a painless agent in surgery.
  • Without doubt, there were students present who justified their teacher's wisdom in introducing them to these studies; but the fact is also evident that others had been pushed into these studies to waste their time over them when they could have been profitably employed in hunting smaller game.
  • The two first-named steamers were profitably employed by the British government during the Crimean War.
  • And in the time it takes me to accomplish the errand you may be profitably employed in locating Murph.
  • For example, a machine may be profitably employed in a business but no more than scrap value could be obtained from its sale (net selling price).
(11) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2
(12) permanently, temporarily
Kolokacji: 2
(13) alone, exclusively, solely
Kolokacji: 3
(14) constantly, continuously
Kolokacji: 2
(16) consistently, systematically
Kolokacji: 2
(17) legally, illegally
Kolokacji: 2
(18) skillfully, deftly
Kolokacji: 2

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