hire

noun

1.the act of hiring something or someone

e.g. he signed up for a week's carhire

2.a newly hired employee

e.g. the new hires need special training

verb

1.engage for service under a term of contract

e.g. We took an apartment on a quiet street
Let's rent a car
Shall we take a guide in Rome?

Synonym: leaserentcharterengagetake

2.engage or hire for work

e.g. They hired two new secretaries in the department
How many people has she employed?

Synonym: engageemploy

3.hold under a lease or rental agreement
of goods and services

Synonym: rentcharterlease

1.雇用
If youhire someone, you employ them or pay them to do a particular job for you.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2.（短期）租用
If youhire something, you pay money to the owner so that you can use it for a period of time.

e.g. Tohire a car you must produce a passport and a current driving licence...
租车须出示护照及有效驾照。
e.g. 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

3.租赁（业）;出租（业务）
You usehire to refer to the activity or business of hiring something.

e.g. They booked our hotel, and organised carhire...
他们为我们订好了旅馆并安排了租车事宜。
e.g. Hire of skis, boots and clothing, is all available.
滑雪板、滑雪靴和滑雪服皆有出租。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 rental

4.供出租;待租
If something isfor hire, it is available for you to hire.

e.g. Fishing tackle is available forhire.
有钓具可供出租。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 for rentDo not confusehire,rent, andlet. In British English, if you pay a sum of money to use something for a short time, you say that youhire it. In American English, it is more common to say that yourent it.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 yourent it....the apartment he had rented... He rented a TV. You can say that yourent a 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 youlet a 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）。

相关词组：hire out

1. 雇佣：土地拥有者雇佣(hire)人们来为自己耕种. 在百年战争期间,许多好战的贵族都在法国征战. 战争结束后,他们带着大批的雇佣军(mercenary soldiers)回到了英格兰,并且想在国内获得财富和权力. 1455年,

2. 租：从前有一对夫妻,他们的日子过得非常清贫. 由于房子和土地都是从地主那里租(hire)来的,所以他们每年要给地主交纳许多租税.