em‧ploy‧ee S2 W2 / ɪmplɔɪ-i, emplɔɪi / 名词 [可数名词]

someone who is paid to work for someone else 同义词 worker :

a government employee

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

a full-time/part-time employee We now have 110 full-time employees.

a permanent/temporary employee Some of the temporary employees were later hired as permanent staff.

a senior/junior employee The company also offers substantial bonuses to senior employees.

a male/female employee The majority of the female employees are under 30.

a former employee The company is being sued by three former employees.

a retired employee They are for an increase in pension payments to retired employees.

动词

have employees The Birmingham-based company has over 200 employees.

recruit employees (= offer them jobs ) We are recruiting employees for our IT division.

lay off employees (= stop employing them because there is no work for them to do ) Unions fear that many part-time employees will be laid off.

make employees redundant (= stop employing them because there is no work for them to do ) Crossways was nearing bankruptcy and had to make 720 employees redundant.

dismiss/sack an employee (= stop employing them because they have behaved badly or broken a rule ) Seven employees were dismissed for misconduct.

an employee joins a company/firm etc Employees who join the firm after April receive a percentage of the annual bonus.

an employee leaves When a senior employee leaves the company, we hold an exit interview.

THESAURUS

worker someone who does a particular type of job, or someone who works for an organization but is not a manager : a post-office worker | The workers are threatening to go on strike. | The report shows that male manual workers earn twice as much as female workers.

employee someone who has a job, especially a permanent job, with a particular company or organization : Employees of the airline get generous reductions on the cost of flights.

member of staff/staff member one of the people who work for a company, organization, school etc - used especially in official contexts : Training opportunities are available to all members of staff. | Several staff members complained about his increasing strange behaviour.

colleague ( also coworker especially American English ) someone you work with – use this especially about people who do professional jobs in offices, schools etc : I’d like you to meet a colleague of mine, Jean-Michel Blanc. | What should you do if a co-worker is injured?

workforce all the people that work in a country, industry, or large organization : Women make up 41% of the workforce.

staff all the people who work in a company, organization, school etc : The staff were clearly worried about rumours of job losses. | sales staff